Geoff Woollen Glasgow When being presented to Elizabeth I, the nervous Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, was unable to prevent a loud fart (Letters, 11 February).
Near the end of the title poem of his book, "Catechism of d Neoamerican Hoodoo Church" (1970), Reed announced in loud capital letters his strategy for combating what he calls "monoculturalism".
"I know this is your house and I'm only the assistant bartender," I said, "but if I hear one more loud four-letter word from that guy, I'm going to kick him out".
Riot police had to move in to stop fighting between Montenegro fans before kick off, objects were persistently thrown on to the pitch and the Lee Marvin soundalike - younger readers must check out "Wandering Star" as a point of reference - may not have done his national association any favours with his loud four-letter send off to England through his megaphone at the final whistle.
For constant fixation subjects had to read out loud single letters that appeared inside the square and that changed every few seconds.
My husband then read the acceptance letter out loud.
I sing through the entire process, calling out every letter out loud as I write".
In my first class, The Art of Effective Writing, I read the harassment letter out loud to my students, and we all laughed.
"I figured I'd embarrass the teacher a little bit, knowing she'd have to read my letter out loud to the class.
On Sunday, November 11th, the family had just returned from church when Megan and Grace were called into their parents' bedroom, where their father began to read the letter out loud.
