Sir, – Neologisms like escapee and attendee are not new, undesirable or transatlantic in origin (Letters, April 30th and May 1st).
In his 1920 novel Women in Love DH Lawrence, a prose stylist noted for linguistic precision, wrote, “It takes two people to make a murder: a murderer and a murderee. And a murderee is a man who is murderable.” – Yours, etc,