24 NOVEMBER 2007, Page 21

Voices off

Sir: It was good to find Bryan Forbes a television-shouting supporter (Shouting at my telly', 17 November). I join with him, especially in vocally denouncing background music. It is difficult enough for one of my advanced years watching crime thrillers to fathom why on earth who has killed whom. It is doubly difficult when totally irrelevant music drowns the dialogue. Another phenomenon which causes my hackles — and voice — to rise is mispronunciation. Am I alone in shouting 'kilometre' when a speaker (who would never dream of saying centimetre) stresses the second syllable?

Eric Dehn Bristol