Sir, – Does the time-honoured continuity device of gossips, storytellers and bores, “So anyway”, have to go as well? – Yours, etc,
DENIS BERGIN,
Shannon Harbour,
Co Offaly.
Sir, – Doh, ray, me and fah have never really had quite the same impact on the spoken word. – Yours, etc,
MICHELE SAVAGE,
Dublin 12.
Sir, – Can I suggest that the Unicode Consortium and major software vendors introduce emoji pictographs that would cover the variety of “linguistic tics” that seem so problematic for your correspondents?
Of course, we’d need a generic emoji to cover that kind of general irritant. – Yours, etc,
ULTAN Ó BROIN,
Firenze, Italy.
Sir, – Are those who extend thanks “on my own behalf” having an out-of-body experience? – Yours, etc,
TONY QUINLAN,
Sandymount,
Dublin 4.