Letter: Southern discomfort

Saturday 27 December 1997 00:02 GMT

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Sir: I can understand why some might be upset by the use of the expression "Southern poofs" in an advertising campaign. In the eyes of many of us, however, that part of the term which refers insultingly to sexual orientation is not the more offensive of the two words.

TOM VALENTINE

Darfield, South Yorkshire

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