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Surely it's not just me who sees the irony in a being described as "high speed"?
Adam, London, UK

Further to Emma's cannibalistic-sounding dishes (Tuesday letters) in SE Asia, I've had "Chicken Curry with Aborigine" in Southern Thailand. They taste just like aubergines, by the way.
Graham, Purmerend, Netherlands

I just want to pause for a moment and thank the who created the sign "Tender fragrant grass, how hardhearted to trample them". Poetic, poignant and almost moving.
Mark, Reading, UK

Following on from Chinglish menus, it happens nearer to home, too. I once read the English version of a menu in Salzburg, Austria which seemed to offer "Acid Herbs" with everything. Thinking I had stumbled across some local narcotic they were adding to the food I asked for the original German menu only to find out they had literally translated "Sauerkraut".
J Paul Murdock, Wall Heath, UK

Ian Mayor and Web Monitor wonder "how are we so casually, and so quickly using 'pimp'" in a positive way but they are fighting an immoveable force. Witness the way "gay" was adopted by one section of society before being accepted almost universally as a synonym for a male homosexual. It has robbed all future generations of the opportunity to understand the original meaning of a great deal of literature and especially poetry. "Now and again I can remember something of the gay garden that was childhood." Try reading Patrick Kavanagh's lines to a class today.
Keith, Lismore, Ireland

Bad though it is about , I also find it more than a little disturbing that they think computer users can use their laptops with their heads at the same angle as the lady's on the right of the picture.
Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales

Re Steve Hill (Tuesday letters): Given Nasa's track record in getting the shuttle launched first time , the delivery estimate was probably "this week, next week... sometime, anyway". And what's the problem anyway - it's not as if the astronauts will have nipped out for a pint of milk when the delivery arrives.
Tim Gerrish, Helston, Cornwall

Oh, why not do a Robespierre and ? I vote for Soggy, Damp, Moist and ICouldDoWithaCuppa.

Rachel, Minnetonka

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