Language lessons with a cherry on top | Brief letters
(The Guardian China)

American English | School libraries | Chinese birth rate | Year of the rat | MarmaladeAlthough this happened decades ago, we haven´t forgotten the look of total incredulity on the face of an American fellow student whom our son brought home for the weekend (Letters, 18 January). She got up after a meal and announced: `I´ll just go and wash up`, to be met with a chorus of `No, no - please sit down, we´ll do all that.`Peter RolandBognor Regis, West Sussexo On eating an ice-cream sundae, I asked my companion if he would like my cherry. I quickly learned this was not an appropriate offer (he seemed to think it likely though).Theresa GrahamClevedon, North Somerset Continue reading...