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16:09 UK time, Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Re every ash could has a silver lining,
Simon Robinson, Birmingham, UK

You would think that the prospect of would lead to it being put on the local market at a cut price... but apparently throwing it away is the preferred option?
Jacobus, Maun, Botswana

So I figure it must be the most copy-pasted word this month, but d'you reckon the lingering problem of volcanic ash will make "Eyjafjallajoekull" the most copy-pasted word of the year? (Yes, I copy-pasted it just then...)
Nadja, Bostonian in Moscow, Russia

Monitor: Actually Nadja, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ style gurus have decreed "Eyjafjallajokull" to be the correct spelling, so you'll need to re-cut and re-paste.

Re "Could we live without flying?", what would happen to Leaving On A Jet Plane by John Denver? The rush to the airport like Ross did to see Rachel in Friends? Popular culture would just need dozens of footnotes to tell the future generation what's going on.
Samuel Draper, via
Susan, you seem unnaturally aggrieved at the moment. I thought our southern ex-colonies were full of cheerful diggers calling each other "mate". Rest assured that we think of you warmly whenever Crocodile Dundee or Neighbours is on.
Yours etc. etc.
Andrew, Malvern, UK

I read on medicating children and thought: my daughter is exhibiting signs of ODD, CD, SAD and GAD. OMG!
Margaret, Christchurch, NZ

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