Sir, - Deasun Breatnach (December 17th) is right to be concerned about written English. The apostrophe's popping up everywhere at the moment, yet it's really not that difficult to give it its rightful place. With his, hers and ours, there's rarely a problem, but for some reason with its, it's often written as "it's" when "its" is correct. Perhaps computer iced spell cheques have sum thing two do with it.
Deliberate mispronunciations can be just as irritating - why do some radio presenters say "noo" and "con-soo-mer" when they mean new and consumer? The proof that it's just an affectation is that these people don't say "foo" instead of few or "doo" instead of dew. Guys, wise up, you may reckon it's cool to try to sound American but - hey - gimme a break. - Yours, etc.,
Caherdaniel, Co Kerry.