Your Letters
Re that old thread of names that determine jobs - can I nominate the : Artur Chilingarov.
Doug Wood, Ipswich
Re . No, no, no! STOP trying to 'get down' with the younger generation, just tell us who you selected in a normal voice! (I might've missed the point of the story; didn't exactly read it...)
Ben Hill, Cardiff, Wales
Re James Russell's quest for a collective noun for hermits - a misnomer of hermits?
Phil, Cambridge
A contradiction of hermits?
Clare, MK
It's clearly a Herman of Hermits, isn't it?
Ralph, Surrey
A paradox of hermits.
Ed, London, UK
It's an "an observance of hermits," according to "An Exaltation of Larks" (likely the best anthology of collective nouns ever). However, I think I like "an isolation of hermits" better.
Dragon Paltiel, Concord, Calif., US
"A collection of Hermits" - surely that's not possible. One of the defining things about a hermit is that they are singular and alone?
Tim G, Helston, Cornwall