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Tue Sept 17 2024 - 01:45

Sir, – Reading Patsy McGarry’s column (In a Word... Language, September 16th), I was reminded of the bemused reply of an American when asked a common Irish question: “How are you doing?”

He answered: “How am I doing what? – Yours, etc,

MARGARET BUTLER,

Booterstown,

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Co Dublin.