Your Letters
13:10 UK time, Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Why all the focus on London Heathrow? Does life not exist outside London?
Gareth Bevan
I'd have been very surprised if an aircraft had pulled up outside her home, even if it was low flying
Sarah, Nantwich
Surely the year has to end before making wild statements like these?
Tom Webb, Surbiton, UK
Please tell me it will remain "White Space Avenue" and that there IS a future for English eccentricity.
Susan, Newcastle
So, the zebra crossing now given Grade II listed status isn't actually the one the Beatles were photographed crossing? Will we now see the block of flats near us given similar status because of the remains of the Roman villa it was built on?
Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales
"Older people who eat healthy diets 'lead longer lives'" - really? I mean, really? No. Honestly, Really?
Marc, Oldham, UK
Re. nominative determinism in street names (Letters, Monday). The town planners clearly had something like this in mind when they decided to put Hackney's library on Reading Lane.
Phil, Hackney, London
Not many people will know that this story on BAA illustrates nominative determinism. The reporter's surname 'Musafer' means 'traveller' in Urdu!
Maham, London
After reading , I did a bit more research, found a journal from a study conducted in Turkey on the same subject and couldn't help but notice that one of the regions studied in Turkey is Marmara. So who missed the opportunity to have the pesky varmint re-named the Marmara Mite? I'll get my (lab) coat...
Neil Franklin, Chandlers Ford, UK
Upon checking the weather forecast for Christmas Day, I was delighted to find that we were to be hit with a (very) late Indian Summer of 28 degrees. I was all ready for the turkey to go on the barbeque and get the garden furniture out again...much to my dismay, I realised I had inadvertently switched to Fahrenheit. Boo!
Amy, Alloa
Dear monitorites, is there a word that sums up the feeling you get when you've written what you thought was a witty, clever, or illuminating letter, only to see other lesser missives being published instead? (Not that I'm bitter)
Dave, Taunton
Dear Graham, (Tuesday letters)
Maybe. Are you a judge?
Vicky, East London
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