Property News · May 26, 2016

Sensible reason to swap Titty for Tatty | Brief letters


Swallows and Amazons | DIY recessions | Infectious diseases | David Cameron’s Micra purchase | Bob Dylan’s birthdayWhen I read the Arthur Ransome books in the late 1950s Titty, while not a familiar name, had no other connotations, and certainly not for someone of my age (Titty’s family ‘furious’ over name change for Swallows and Amazons film, 25 May). Now, I suspect that any 10-year-old would hear it and snigger, which militates against the innocence that the Altounyan family are aiming to preserve. Given that the second letter of the name has to be a vowel, Tatty seems about the only plausible alternative, even if it does suggest a degree of dishevelment.Henry MaltBythorn, Cambridgeshire• There is a DIY recession that George Osborne has forgotten (Letters, 25 May; Report, 23 May). In 1988 Nigel Lawson cancelled mortgage interest relief at source for unmarried couples, but delayed its introduction for a year. This resulted in a unsustainable spike in house prices as the deadline loomed, followed by a crash, leaving a huge number of people in negative equity. The Conservatives always called it a “world recession”, but it was a uniquely UK one, made by Lawson himself.Andrew PalmerLondon Continue reading…

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