CS Lewis’s poem railing against scientific phonetics was apparently prompted by his hatred of his contemporary HC Wyld, who he considered a bullying snob (‘Loud-mouthed bully’: CS Lewis satirised Oxford peer in secret poems, 19 May). Well, it took one to know one.
Prof James M Scobbie
Professor of speech sciences, Queen Margaret University
• Zoraya ter Beek claims that Dutch euthanasia law has “really strict rules, and it’s really safe” (Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering, 16 May). Her very own case (in addition to much other evidence besides) refutes her assertion.
Prof John Keown
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University