A chara, – Róisín Ingle suggests various alternatives to “partner” (“little chipmunk” and “sweetheart cabbage”, among others) in “‘What are you wearing?’ I asked my squishy pumpkin. It was from his mother, just as I suspected” (Life, October 19th).
The most intriguing epithet was “Armagh armour”. Was this a typo or a Freudian slip? – Is mise,
PEADAR Mac MÁGHNAIS,
Baile Átha Cliath 5.