Your Letters
18:20 UK time, Thursday, 30 April 2009
Thanks for today's Daily Mini Quiz. My dad spent most of the war at Stalag Luft III, and he always said The Trojan Horse (where three men escaped by hiding in a vaulting horse, thereby digging a shorter tunnel) made a better story. Remember the 50.
Heather Simmons, Macomb, Michigan USA
Ah, that explains it perfectly - I shall read no further.
PB, London
Ahhh Lisa, Lisa, Lisa (Your Letters, Wednesday). That really does take talent, getting TWO facts wrong in a single line missive - is this a new Monitor record? Along with 1,057 other correspondents, can I point out that
a) The poem "Halfway DOWN" was written by AA Milne appearing in the collection "When we were very young" (and so is definitely related to W-t-P) ...and
b) The song was sung by Robin (Kermit's nephew). Now Lisa, sit on the naughty step - you know the one - Halfway down the stairs - and reflect on your haste.
Jimlad (Totally Kermitted to Pedantry), Paris
Re . When my husband and I moved to this small town 10 years ago, we were tickled by the reaction to the plan to build a three storey block of flats in the town centre. The local paper's headline that week: MANHATTAN MADNESS!
Sarah Glanville, Horsham, West Sussex
is just too good ... "the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Anne Waithera in Nairobi says the campaign is likely to meet stiff resistance from some men" ...
Boots, Sao Paulo
Dear Jeremy of Aylesbury (Your Letters, Wednesday) An ecoteur is a Flexicological term for an ecological saboteur, and that's about the last thing one would expect. If you want to put it in French, it would be entendeurs, meaning listeners, rather than écouteurs, hearers.
Rahere, Brussels
More on the redesign:
While visiting the newlook Monitor - I noticed that your strangely reassuring motto of "all life is here" has gone. Can we have it back please.
Owain Williams, Regensburg
I feared the worst when I read of the makeover, since ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio sites revamped recently (´óÏó´«Ã½7, World Service) have become less user-friendly. However, this seems OK and new layout clearer; like the prominent Quote of the Day - but I hate the orange, which clashes with the logo and is unnecessarily intrusive
Christine, Suva, Fiji
I preferred the old look - it's just like the rest of the site now. Also liked the 'last seven days' feature. Plus I still get "this page not available" when I try to answer the Daily Mini-quiz - am using Chrome, btw.
Andrew, Newbury
MM you look fabulous. Don't listen to those stick-in-the-muds!
Lauren, Taunton
Monitor: Blush (clearly)
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