Hadaway wi’ ya dialect confusion | Brief letters
Charlotte Church, on getting lost in London, asks: “What did we do before Google Maps?” (I ditched my iPhone and it changed my life, G2, 8 April). We had an A to Z in our pocket, or we asked a police officer. Given the latter are now thin on the ground or bristling with weapons, an A to Z is the safest bet. A paper one obviously, not the app.
Brian Snow
Brighton
Stanley Kubrick films ranked (G2, 5 April), but no Spartacus in the top 10? Although a bit of a poor relation to William Wyler’s multi-Oscared Ben-Hur, it surely merits a place in at least the bottom four, or are 1960s epics insufficiently sophisticated for Guardian writers?
Rev John James
Highbridge, Somerset
What does “Hadaway wi’ ya barra an’ sell ya mint” mean (Letters, 8 April)? Literally, take your barrow away and sell your mint. Actually, go away and get on with what you should be doing.
Jennifer Gale
Bideford, Devon
In the quick crossword of 6 April, 1 across was “Diminutive folk hero (3,5)”. As a dyed-in-the-beard folkie, I immediately thought of Bob Dylan. I know he’s not very tall, but diminutive seemed a bit harsh. Then the penny dropped that the correct answer is Tom Thumb.
Mike Pender
Cardiff
Yeats would never have written something as demotic and rhythmically clunky as “the worst are all passionate intensity” (Letters, 5 April). According to Yeats, the worst “Are full of passionate intensity”.
Peter McKenna
Liverpool
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