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I am flattered that someone (Celia Hobbs, Letters, 15 September) thinks they recall something I said in 2007. Apparently my response was one word.

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Wednesday, 16th September 2015, 1:04 am

As anyone will testify, I have never been known to use one word when 50 are to hand. I think your correspondent must have nodded off for 49 of them.

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