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Only one in five light bulbs bought is energy-saving (the Times, via Paper Monitor)? But an energy saving bulb lasts at least five times as long as an energy-wasting one. This means people who only buy energy-saving bulbs account for fewer sales. So this statistic is perfectly compatible with at least 50% of people buying only energy-saving light bulbs (though that's still not enough). Come on, the Times - your lights are on but there's nobody in.
Jessica, London

Given that we now know pundit means , will the 主播大秀 now stop describing retired footballers as pundits?
Owain Williams, Munich

Cameron Smith has, as he probably knows, completely missed the point (Tuesday鈥檚 letters). "Chance" may mean "possibility", but one should not infer from this that it means "one of two or more equal possibilities", as he is trying to make it mean. Some things are, quite clearly, more possible than others. For example, the possibility of this letter being published is vanishingly small...
Martin Ruck, Oxford, UK

PLEASE can we stop talking about chance and probability? I don't understand it and it makes my head hurt. After a very long evening of discussion, I am content in my one world of chance. National Lottery? Fifty-fifty chance - you either win something or you don't. Or is that probability? Mummmmy...
Mia Elliott, Guildford

Your story on the closure of one of the links to a site that is about a band called Dartford Crossing rather than the actual crossing. Any chance of a flexicon entry for this kind of error?
John Airey, Peterborough, UK

Re Reginald鈥檚 complaint that he can鈥檛 understand the 鈥淪cotch鈥� captain of A Question of Sport (Monday letters). I spent my first 30 years in Leicester and now live in Norfolk. I'm married to a lady who was raised in Sheffield and whose parents were both Londoners. All this and I still manage to understand the Scottish gentleman.
Kip, Norwich, UK

Re the complaint about Reginald using the word 鈥淪cotch鈥� (Tuesday鈥檚 letters). Without wishing to take the debate much further, that鈥檚 an entirely appropriate term for someone from Scotland. In fact it's how Scottish people used to refer to each other - 鈥淪cots鈥� is what the English/French used to say.
Shmunkie, Edinburgh

I have to agree with Grace (Tuesday鈥檚 letters). The letters page has suddenly become a hive of insults and pedantry - even more so than usual. So I'd just like to say that I love you all, yes all of you, and that everything is going to be okay.
Robin, Edinburgh

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