Your Letters
16:09 UK time, Wednesday, 4 March 2009
I have come on rather late. Still, no-one has pointed out that despite the ease and clarity of typing language, there simply isn't an equivalent for even fairly basic maths and scientific equations. If you want to do algebra, calculus, physics or chemistry or so on, chances are the best way to do it is initially by hand. Perhaps someone will eventually find a way of making subscripts, superscripts, Greek letters and the innumerable other essential tools of the mathematician as easy to type as they are to write, but we aren't at that stage yet. We should wait a bit longer before taking handwriting off the primary school syllabus.
Joanna McKenzie, Paisley, UK
I just wanted to say what a thing of beauty is.
Julia, Wisbech, UK
JUST ? I'm trying to work UP to that number...
Johnny No-Mates, Westbury, Wiltshire
What's the ideal number of friends? We've all seen Coupling and, er, Friends, and it's clearly six.
Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales
Basil Long (Tuesday's letters) claims that "Mallow only ever refers to part of a plant". It would appear that the exception is when it refers to the filling of a Teacake or Wagon Wheel.
BM, Bergen, Norway
Time for a total!
2 x 50p
3 x 2p
34 x 1p
1 x Euro cent
1 x Canadian cent
1 x 10 Turkish kurus
1 x cheque (for 1p)
2 x postcards
3 x funny quotes
1 x greetings card
1 x bad penny joke
1 x Christmas card
1 x countryside drawing
... And bucketfuls of humble gratefulness from me!
Ben "Pennyboy" Merritt, Sheffield, England
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