Your Letters
15:31 UK time, Wednesday, 18 April 2007
Re: Jane of Oxford's pull-yourself-together letter (Letters, 17 April) It must be lovely to be so self-assured. The morality of mis-lit aside (can't bear it myself), it's not exactly helpful to suggest that once a person reaches 25 they should "stop blaming their parents for the mistakes in their lives". Abuse in any form, be it sexual, emotional or physical leaves deep scars (I'm pretty sure this is a documented fact rather than conjecture on my part) which can't simply be dismissed at an arbitrary cut-off point. Actually, I feel better just for getting that off my chest. Thanks for the catharsis, Jane.
SG, UK
Yay! Being 23 means I still get to blame my parents for my faults.
Jenny Em, Aberdeen
Does anyone else think that the science has been done by scientists who don't get much by way of kissing but probably spend a lot of nights with a sofa piled with chocolate? Still, if it cheers them up a little who can blame them.
Basil Long, Newark Notts
I'm not sure if this is the right place to send a letter to Paper Monitor, but I would like to say Bravo! I really enjoyed
today's edition of the news summary - very witty and funny! It really cheered up my day (especially after the Best Place in the Country to live HYS).
AJ, London
Dear Paper Monitor, Mrs Liz Jones STILL uses the Mail, namely the You magazine as part of the Mail on Sunday, to document the decline of her marriage. I find it tedious and depressing, and in a way, I wish they would just call it a day so that someone else gets the chance to write something (I may find) entertaining. Yes, I do vote with my red button, I don't read her column any more.
Hazel, Hove, UK
Re: Worse than watching TV or playing computer games?
John Whapshott, Westbury, WIltshire, England
Re: It says that during 10 months of internet chat and games, there were no awkward silences and the couple just seemed to click - well they would, wouldn't they?
Janet Hayes, Pontypool, Wales
I find it odd that the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Pronunciation Unit feels able to comment on how the word "lieutenant" is pronounced and then bottles out on the word "controversy". Does it not know that the proper pronunciation is "kuhn-TROV-uhr-si"? How controversial...
J Paul Murdock, West Midlands, UK
Now that lucky Luke knows what his motto means, I suggest he now contacts the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Pronunciation Unit to find out how to say it. No good having a high brow Latin motto if you can't impress the neighbours.
David, Jerusalem
May I be among the many to point out that your regarding chains, lunatics and sex is normally attributed to Sophocles, although in fairness he probably did say it in Greek.
George, Cambridge
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