Sir, – The lachrymogenic tidings of the retirement of your "Words We Use" columnist Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (Home News, December 23rd), has left me discombobulated.
Mr Ó Muirithe, your expert on verbomania and quidditative terms, was no philologaster but provided a xenoglossia which steered us from cacology. I trust his magniloquence will be rewarded with a loud fanfaronade as he leaves The Irish Times. – Yours, etc,
KEVIN O’SULLIVAN,
Ballyraine Park,
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Letterkenny,
Co Donegal.