Madam, - Denis O'Shaughnessy (September 19th) rightly bemoans the use of the word "celebrate" regarding the anniversary of the Flight of the Earls. It seems that our vocabulary has become narrower and less accurate.
Nowadays, if anything changes it changes "forever". Anything mildly unusual is "bizarre" and every contest is a "battle".
RTÉ, always at the forefront in this department at least, told listeners to Morning Ireland on Wednesday that the Opposition parties planned to "unveil" their front-bench spokesmen for the new Dáil. Please spare us any pictures. - Yours, etc,
GODFREY SHAW,
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