Practice
Sir: In your leading article 'To be precise' (19 November) I was pleased to read once again in your pages a plea for the English language. The sentence which struck me most......
Chinese History
Sir: It's good to see Auberon Waugh (Another voice, 19 November) taking an interest in Chinese affairs, but I'm sorry that he has swallowed the guff about '5,000 years of......
Dothekids
Sir: The article by Alexandra Artley (`Kids' Stuffing', 12 November), in which she praises the idea of teaching the mean- ing of words alongside their practical application,......
Scripture Knowledge
Sir: Kingsley Amis suggests that his 'Pro- ject Outlawing Tintinnabulation In Pubs, Hotels And Restaurants' would be im- possible because nobody has heard of Potiphar (`Sod the......
Staggering
Sir: As an ordinand in training for the priesthood at one of the 'frightful' theolo- gical colleges collectively condemned by Ferdinand Mount in his review of Dr Gareth......
Six-footer
Sir: Some of the hexameters in your competition (5 November) were ingenious. Nash was right, though: The Hexamiter verse I graunt to be a Gentleman of an auncient house (so is......
Bodily Functions
Sir: My 13-year-old daughter would like to point out to Auberon Waugh (Another voice, 26 November) that it is a nonsense to refer to a 'two-parent-but-no-children household'. Is......
Wee Frees
Sir: It is right to point out (Diary, 12 November) that the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, to which the Lord Chancellor belongs, is not the 'Wee Frees'. But the church......
`...and Statistics'
SPEAKING of sheets, did you know that Andrex sell enough toilet paper each year to build Mount Everest? (Epson photocopier advertisement, the Guardian, 28 September). Have......
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