Of Maidens. . .
Sir: Far from being a 'typographical monstrosity' (Letters, 5 December), M/S is in constant use in racing circles as an abbreviation of 'Maiden at Starting'. As such it would......
. . . And Milestones . . .
Sir: We must be grateful to Mr Collis (28 November) for raising the issue of the absurd, literally unspeakable `Ms' as a form of address. The letters, incidentally, can stand......
• . . And Mstresses Sir: You Headed The Letter
from Ms B. M. Cook (5 December) `Mstresses'. Ms Cook suggested, helpfully, that Ms should be pronounced 'Mistress'. Splendid! Perhaps she or some one else would now recommend a......
Wafer-thin Williams
Sir: I share Mr Waugh's distrust of the winsome (and, fair's fair, lose some) Shirley Williams (5 December), but unlike him regard, with enthusiasm, the decision of the voters......
Asian History
Sir: Murray Sayle may be right in saying that most of us don't know much about Japan, but he doesn't seem to know much about other Euro-Asian relationships (12 December). He......
Sir: In Your Issue Of 12 December Murray Sayle Rightly
mentions the ancient gift the Japanese have of imitating and improving other people's ideas. The Japanese trained their navy on British, that is to say Nelsonian, lines and were......
Falangistas
Sir: Mr Beale takes me to task (Letters, 12 December) for describing those commemorating the sixth anniversary of Franco's death in Madrid on 22 November as `blue-shirted right......
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