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Sir, One reason Bernard Jackson (letter, Aug 29) was greeted in Italy with salve rather than buongiorno is because salve is more widely used when dubbing English-language films into Italian. It is a better fit when replacing the English hello. Ironic, because dubbing was supposed to curtail the influence of English in Italy.

Ken Westmoreland

Taunton

Sir, There used to be a sign outside a shop in the south of France which read “American spoken — English understood”. Always made us smile.

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Enid Deeble Zyat

St Ives, Cornwall