Two slaps in the face from the Europeans | Brief letters
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Tetes a claques | Remote control curtains | Writer or author? | Lady Jane Grey | Life expectancy | Singing teacher's praises
Regarding Marina Hyde's reference to JD Vance and the German word Backpfeifengesicht, meaning a face that is worthy of being slapped", in French there is the similar concise expression tete a claque (There are 1,000 grotesque memes of JD Vance - and they're all more likable than the real thing, 7 March).
Xavier Roche
London
Fittingly, I read Adrian Chiles's article (Remote controls, tumble dryers, documentaries ... do we have to make everything so complicated?, 5 March) in a hotel room where the lights and curtains have to be operated by a tablet computer on the desk. I couldn't wait to leave.
Anil Patel
London