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The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

There are no words for St Patrick’s Day puzzle

Performers in the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on 17 March.
Performers in the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on 17 March. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

When I turned to the puzzles at the back of G2 on Friday and saw that the Wordsearch asked for 16 Scottish names on St Patrick’s Day, I nearly choked. Might I look forward to finding Irish names on St Andrew’s Day and find the Irish alternative for my name?
Shaun Peters
Emsworth, Hampshire

• I was delighted by Lesley Riddoch’s use of the word “carnaptious” in her piece on the SNP election (The post-Sturgeon SNP is washing its dirty linen in public. That could be the best thing for it, 15 March). Carnaptious has been my lifelong favourite word. Although I deny that I ever referred to my late mother-in-law as a “carnaptious old bag”.
Francis McCahill
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire

• I first acknowledged my failing hearing (Letters, 16 March) years ago at a restaurant in California. The waitress read out the menu and I heard “elephant tuna”. It made sense, given the huge portions of food served in the US, but it turned out to be yellowfin tuna.
Sue Wallace
Thame, Oxfordshire

• As long ago as the 1960s, the late journalist Katharine Whitehorn wrote that the television was “a legitimate piece of childminding equipment” (As parents, can we all agree that a bit of screen time for children is actually a good thing?, 15 March). With two lively under-fives, I was always grateful to her.
Gill Reeve
Beckenham, London

• David P Stansfield is being too generous (Letters, 17 March) – one episode a week of EastEnders would surely make it more exciting for those who watch it and leave plenty of money for BBC Singers.
Diane Woodley
Westgate-on-Sea, Kent

• Have an opinion on anything you’ve read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.

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