LETTER: Russian spelling criticism unreasonable
RW Johnson’s malicious statement is outrageous, insulting and grossly unintellectual
21 June 2020 - 16:40
RW Johnson contends that my spelling a Russian name incorrectly in my article “undermines completely all faith in the author” (“An invisible enemy could scupper Putin’s constitutional coup plans (../bd/opinion/an-invisible-enemy-could-scupper-putins-constitutional-coup-plans/)”, June 11).
This is an outrageous, insulting and grossly unintellectual statement of malicious intent. As a person renowned for his generally quarrelsome, windmill-tilting disposition, he should rather keep quiet than make a fool of himself, as in this case...
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