Sir, – OMG! I'm, todally, like, thirdy-three! – Yours, etc,
ASHLING
DALY BOUKTILA,
Moran’s Cottages,
Ranelagh,
Dublin 6.
Sir, – The recent correspondence over the sudden appearance of the word “thirdy” puts me in mind of a similar outbreak at the BBC in the late 1980s, when horses at Doncaster started coming in “fith” and “sicth”. – Yours, etc,
NIALL McARDLE,
Wellington Street,
Eganville,
Ontario.
