{"id":14396,"date":"2016-05-26T01:03:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T18:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sensible-reason-to-swap-titty-for-tatty-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2016-05-26T01:09:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T18:09:28","slug":"sensible-reason-to-swap-titty-for-tatty-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sensible-reason-to-swap-titty-for-tatty-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensible reason to swap Titty for Tatty | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSwallows and Amazons | DIY recessions | Infectious diseases | David Cameron\u2019s Micra purchase | Bob Dylan\u2019s 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\u2019s family \u2018furious\u2019 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\u2022 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 \u201cworld recession\u201d, but it was a uniquely UK one, made by Lawson himself.Andrew PalmerLondon Continue reading…
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