Your Letters
16:15 UK time, Thursday, 21 July 2011
Am I missing something here? They are making the first deliveries of sand to Horse Guards Parade for the Beach Volleyball for next year's Olympics. As the Games will be held in August, what are we planning to do for The Queen and Trooping the Colour in June, especially considering it just happens to be Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee Year? She can always take a bucket and spade with her...
J. Paul Murdock, Wall Heath, West Midlands, UK
Re: Google+ effect: Are we going back to having acquaintances? To be honest I have the same 2 categories on Facebook. People who make it onto my main list - and the others.
Brian Martin
Does this count as nominative determinism? Surely he must be one to be doing this?
I'll get me pitchfork...
Fi, Gloucestershire, UK
I'm teaching abroad, and because of my name (Laura)I'm often referred to as "Explorer". It's seems quite fitting as I moved 5,000 miles away on a whim. Is this nominative determinism or something else?
Laura, Maldives
Dave Stead (Wednesday's Letters), if you want to schedule a meeting in five working days, try asking your colleagues for it in a Sennight. Go on, please.
CJ, Cambs
Ah, yes, Paul, Ipswich, (Wednesday's Letters), but that city is Manchester !
Paul Greggor, London (ex-Liverpool)
Thursday's Popular Elsewhere - "Chumming" a new word? Haven't you heard of a film called 'Jaws', released in 1975?
Dec, Belfast
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