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17:47 UK time, Thursday, 13 January 2011
French Nominitive Determinism in . A dentist called Didier Fillion? That's got to be close enough to didyer fillin'. I'll get mon manteau.
Clare, Connecticut, USA
Just to follow up on the letter from Peter Douglas (Wednesday's letters), most US comedy series are expected to run for circa 26 episodes, therefore the 8 episodes that the US Fawlty Towers remake had equates to about a third of a series. Seeing as Fawlty Towers ran for 12 episodes over 2 series the US version can be deemed in comparison to be a failure. I'll fetch my coat/rat/kipper/corpse/german/hotel inspector...
Martin, High Wycombe, UK
My grandfather and I have a reciprocal arrangement as regards marmalade and peanut butter. He sends me Skippy and for his trouble gets Sir Nigel's vintage blend from Fortnum and Mason. He just got a jar at Christmas, so I'm sure the next request will come shortly!
Catherine, Windsor, UK
While Philemon might not be a common name in Britain, in the Netherlands, and especially the Flemish part of Belgium, Filemon (how the name is spelt in the Dutch translation of the Bible) is quite common. Not many Nebuchadnezzars around though...
Hans, Gorinchem, Netherlands
Having spotted the link on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News website to "Birds died from 'binge drinking'", I feared that Jim Davidson had taken over as editor. I immediately expected copious shots of "drunk girl" and assorted friends. Thankfully, I was disappointed...
Fi, Gloucestershire, UK
Birds died from binge drinking? Anyone else open up expecting to see our old friend crashed out on her bench?!
Louisa Hibble, Leicester
Oh look! This story contains a pointless TLA (three letter acronym).
Sue, London
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