Your Letters
Who hate all the Pis?
Kieran Boyle, Oxford, England
The picture that accompanies this story will help to explain why tau will struggle to catch on. You just can't put on a Homer Simpson voice and say "Mmmmm, tauuuu". Although I suppose he would like "Mmmm, double piiii"
Ruaraidh, Wirral, UK
Am I the only person worried that you can get a PhD in theoretical physics from CalTech and still have trouble multiplying by two?
Rik Alewijnse, Feering, UK
My husband has just enthusiastically described his new computer monitor to me as "wide enough to display 2.5 ´óÏó´«Ã½ News websites at standard font size". How about that for a unit of comparative measurement?
Anna, Milton Keynes, UK
If only Mardy Fish were having John McEnroe-style tantrums, it would be a great case of nominative determinism. Um, especially if he took it out of people by slapping them with a wet kipper.
Sarah, Basel, Switzerland
"UK has Greek contingency plan"? I suggest they better give it back then!
K Morrison, Lowestoft, UK