Your Letters
16:03 UK time, Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Can someone from north of the border tell us whether the press there refer to Andy Murray as Scotland's No 1 (re Paper Monitor)?
Francis, Watford
The article has sub heading "Junction danger" and goes on to explain that a third of all fatal and serious crashes happen at junctions. So, using the 91Èȱ¬'s excellent series on statistics, that tells us 66% of accidents didn't happen at a junction, therefore junctions are, in fact, safer. Likewise, 75% of accidents don't involve motorcycles (being a biker, I am glad about that).
Mark, Bridge
Jenn, Porthcawl, Bridgend
I too was an Englishwoman surrounded by Germans (re Tuesday's Paper Monitor), as I chose to watch the game in a Munich Biergarten. It was an interesting and slightly unnerving experience - it's very odd not to be cheering when the rest of the several thousand spectators are. However, the oddest and most surreal moment happened following the final whistle. Whilst I hung my head in shame, Baddiel and Skinner's Three Lions started playing in the commentary interludes. I've quizzed my German friends on this, and it's regarded as a catchy tune that mentions the word "football", and they apparently have no idea about the subtleties of the lyrics.
Libby Jackson, Munich, Germany
PJM - and Stuart Maconie, although I doubt he'll be reading (Tuesday letters), penicillin may have been discovered by a Scot, but it was "given to the world" as a useable medicine by the team of Howard Walter Florey (Australian), Ernst Chain (German) and the English biochemist Norman Heatley. So although all the work was done in the UK, it could really be called a global discovery.
Hannah, Oxford
I don't wish to be even more of a pedant, but the primates in the 10 things... photo are Celebes Apes. However, they are in fact monkeys, despite their name, and are also known as black macaques. They do have tails, but only short stubs, hence why they can't be seen. So both previous pedants were technically correct (Tuesday letters). Do I win some sort of award for out-pedanting?
Rob, London, UK
I don't want to be a pedant either but the picture is in fact of Sulawesi Crested Macaques. These are monkeys, although it looks like they have no tail, they do it's just very, very small.
Jo, Reading (soon to be elsewhere)
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