Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Letter: Clangers and mash

Mr Stewart Mackay
Thursday 25 November 1993 19:02 EST
Comments

Sir: I can't quite work out the number of potatoes required - but I do know that the second question ('New test for seven-year- olds', 23 November) should read: 'They NEED ONLY 3 potatoes for the soup . . . ' Just another example, I suppose, of how the English language is being chipped away.

Yours etc.,

STEWART MACKAY

Bangor, Northern Ireland

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in