Sir, - I must agree with Mrs Smith: some of the borrowings in the Irish language are hilariously close to the original. However, teileafon (Greek), poibli (Latin), rampa (French), stampa (German), oifig an phoist (Latin), have their roots in finer languages than English - and who can ignore the way in which we respect the Spartan qualities of that hard, Hellenic "&" in our nitrigin? Unlike some. . . - Beir bua,
CHOMHGHAILL, Drim Conrach, BAC 9.