A chara, - As a lapsed student of Celtic languages, I hesitate to criticise Professor Declan Kiberd's use of the English language. However, his reference to recent reports on the points system as "over-exaggerated" amazed me. I assume that it was a slip of the pen. The long hot summer has perhaps left him over-exhausted! - Is mise,
JANICE WILLIAMS, Meadowbank, Bushy Park Road, Dublin 6.