A Little Mad
Sta,—Since our language has at least 155 different expressions for being drunk, there should be no difficulty in unearthing " a whole spectrum of adjectives, ranging from white......
Stit,—in His Search For An English Equivalent For The German
word " Wahn" Mr. Harold Nicolson cannot go far wrong if he sticks to " frenzy," appropriately qualified. But he undoubtedly needs a new word to describe his feelings when he is......
Health Visitors Sm,—dr. A. E. Moore, In His Letter To
the Spectator of August 15th, speaks of the visitors of the Ministry of National Insurance, who call at the homes of persons claiming sickness benefit as " health visitors."......
Sir,—mr. Nicolson's Knowledge Of Latin Is Not Adequate,...
knows only two words for mental deficiency. Meredith in Chap. 34 of Rhoda Fleming, "Father and Son," brought another Latin word into English literature. Horace's "Cerritus fuit"......
Snt, — I Feel That Professor Brogan's Article In Your...
August 22nd calls for some comments from one who has recently spent a holiday " at the coast." I can gladden him with the information that there are three Duchesses on the......
Sjr,—mr. Harold Nicolson Might Find An Epithet That...
own case among the definitions of " Wahnsinnig" in Muret-Sanders' German Dictionary, grouped and punctuated thus: Deranged, distracted, insane; demented; frantic, mad; crazy,......
Letters To The Editor Pakistan And The Commonwealth
-Slit,--Over and over again since I came on leave, people who know perfectly well that I live in Pakistan have asked me how I am getting on in " India." " Not India," I say. "......
Max At 80 .
Sia,—Mr. Michael. Swan's article, Max at 80, brought to mind Meredith's test of the genuine Comic Spirit, the ability " to see what is ludicrous in those we love without loving......
At The Coast Sir,—in Professor Brogan's Interesting And...
in your last issue there is one mistake which should be corrected. " But Gourock on the north shore.... " It is however on the south shore: this may be a typographical error. To......
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