Your Letters
15:46 UK time, Thursday, 8 January 2009
I don't suppose Ronaldo's colleagues will let him take any free kicks for a bit in case he again.
Ed, Clacton, UK
Re ? Perhaps the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Pronunciation Unit could offer advice on some of the lesser know holiday resorts we may wish to look out for this year? At least then I'll be able to pronounce the places I can't afford to visit.
Nik Edwards, Aylesbury
Your handy safety tip "" could have been even more useful if it had been placed before your handy tip on how to open the computer case.
Adam, London, UK
Re Catherine L's letter (Wednesday) - women are allowed to be Morris Dancers. I know because I am both a woman and a Morris Dancer. Furthermore, I dance with an all-woman side. We dance NW Clog Morris, which according to Wikipedia "has always featured mixed and female sides".
Helen, Cambridge, UK
I love the way this figure is just tossed out in the without any explaination: "To hit two of the blades, any object must have been about 170ft long." He's truly a UFO expert if he can tell us not only that it was a UFO, but also what speed it was travelling at, and in what direction, in order to be able to extrapolate the size.
Neil, London
Sorry Geoffrey (Wednesday letters ) but although you were right about "age" being masculine, the other examples you gave are all feminine.
Tommy Scragend, Wigan
Why is it every time a new bit of technology comes along, an example given for how it will transform our lives is ? Would it be opening the floodgates to ask readers to submit their tragic tales of restaurant-finding misery?
Mike, Newcastle upon Tyne
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