27 MAY 2006, Page 32

Mad, bad and hard to say

From John Kiely

Sir: Actually, the Iranian President originally had a quite uncomplicated name: Inejad (Shared opinion, 13 May). But after he had been in public life for a few months, every time someone mentioned his name, the response would be, ‘Ah, mad Inejad’. People began to think they were being corrected.

John Kiely

Melbourne, Australia