INITIALS OR CHRISTIAN NAMES?
Sir,-"To-night, at , the Hon. Arr Semple will speak .. . etc., etc." So the announcement runs, but what a slapdash way to put it over! Why cannot the announcers say "The Hon. Robert Semple," or "The Hon. Walter Nash," and give the full Christ. ian name? This Doubleyou Nash business irritates me; perhaps I am too fussy? But what would you think if the BBC introduced Britain’s Prime Minister as Mr. Doubleyou Churchill, or left out the "Anthony." and talked of "Mr. Aw Eden’’?
TOUCHY
C Lower Hutt).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 65, 20 September 1940, Page 5
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90INITIALS OR CHRISTIAN NAMES? New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 65, 20 September 1940, Page 5
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