Sir – In her very sensible letter about the meaning of words, (September 26) Ann Spokes Symonds ends with a blast at lawyers who “used to insist, wrongly that man ‘embraces’ women”.
Personally I rather like the idea but then I was in the Navy.
Rear Admiral J Myres, Dorchester-on-Thames
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