As a lover of local accents and dialect, I enjoyed your article (From divvy to dinlo: index of insults aims to record Britain’s diverse dialects, 15 April). My favourite, which originates in south Lancashire I think, has a really dismissive sound to it: “Wazzock!”
Roger Wilkinson
Leasgill, Cumbria
So that’s what the J in Donald J Trump stands for (Trump deletes post with AI image of himself as Jesus-like figure after outcry, 14 April). And to think that no one realised, after all the clues he has given the world.
Tom Stubbs
Surbiton, London
When I was a student at the University of Essex in the 1970s, the women’s halls of residence were supplied with soft toilet paper, but it was Izal in the men’s floors (Letters, 15 April). Given Essex’s militant reputation in the day, it’s a surprise that this discrimination didn’t lead to a sit-in.
Nick Marshall
Stoke-on-Trent
My mother’s saying was that money can’t buy you happiness, but you can be miserable in comfort (The hill I will die on: Yes, money can buy you happiness – if you spend it right, 11 April).
Sue Vincent
London
On the phone to a company, I was asked for my initial (Letters, 14 April). When I said “Y”, the reply was: “We need it for our records”.
Yvonne Newman
Colchester
Go to Aldi, at least in Ireland, where Rose’s Lime Marmalade is regularly available (Letters, 13 April).
Clare Collins
Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland
