Sir, – Connoisseurs of long words were distraught when Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz became obsolete due to the abolition of Germany’s law for the delegation of monitoring beef labelling, but welcomed back Austria’s Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänwitwe (widow of a Danube steamship company captain) as a contender for the title of Europe’s most protracted locution. – Yours, etc,
Dr JOHN DOHERTY
Operngasse, Vienna,
Austria.