I’m sure all those at the party were just testing their eyesight through the champagne glasses (PM accused of lying after No 10 officials caught joking about Christmas party, 7 December).
Phil Sinnott
Liverpool
• Re Zoe Williams on dogs (The inner lives of dogs: what our canine friends really think about love, lust and laughter, 9 December), our family dog of years ago would greet a homecomer with bared teeth (grinning) and lots of sneezing. For us, that was definitely a dog laugh.
Richard Griffiths
Syderstone, Norfolk
• With the solutions to four of Thursday’s Quick Crossword clues being mettle, nettle, settle and kettle, your compiler has undoubtedly shown himself to be in fine fettle.
Adrian Brodkin
London
• Each time a travel insurer asks me if I have a pre-existing illness (Letters, 7 December), I feel like telling them that pre-existing means “before it existed”.
Dennis Hawkins
Leominster, Herefordshire
• My bete noire is “pre-recorded”. A term used even in the television industry. It suggests that a programme is recorded before it’s actually made.
John Huntley
Letheringsett, Norfolk
• In anticipation of the requirement of such a missive, I had this letter pre-prepared.
Dr Martin Schwarz
Oldham, Greater Manchester
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