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There's a new Word Geek in Town Dear Editor, Having read the letter from The Word Geek regarding the origins of the word "news," I found myself incredibly frustrated - of course, he is right, North, East, West, South is a ridiculous notion - but acronyms are NOT, as he states, "a 20th century-originated phenomenon." Case example - in the 19th century, when certain types of manure were shipped overseas, the methane build-up needed to be released, or else the gas could ignite because of a rogue gas lantern, thus they were secured on the deck, to be Shipped High In Transit - or S.H.I.T. It seems that our Word Geek is not the patriarch to the English language he makes himself out to be. Jack Clemson Thanks for that, Jack! It would seem you are the new Word Geek! - Ed.

The Word Geek Strikes After reading one of your columns, I came across a mistake that appalled me, my children and the forgotten Israelites of old, whose corpses I keep locked in my bathroom. I refer to the source and quote: ‘For those that don't know, the word "news" was created as an acronym for North East West South, so basically, all the areas around the central station in which they covered various topics.’ This explanation for a word origin such as News is preposterous and I cannot believe the ignorance displayed towards English word history. Gosh, if he’d care to study the etymology of the word ‘News’, he would discover that it actually came from the plural of ‘New thing’ and was first recorded in 1382 taken from the French ‘Nouvelles’. Articulating that it originated from an acronym is clearly impossible, as, ‘for those that don’t know’; acronyms are a 20th century-originated phenomenon and the word ‘Newspaper’ was first arrested in England in 1670. Thus, the word ‘News’ existed before acronyms did. I write only to spread my knowledge and put Latinate souls at rest, Shakespeare would clearly be turning in his grave. As for me, I will continue to search for some fast love and sweet cheeks. Best wishes, The word geek. Thanks for that, Word Geek! I now feel completely educated in the origin of the word 'News'. Hmm, maybe you should write for an online magazine or something... - Ed.

Golden Balls? Despite what they say, Dan from SBA does NOT have golden balls! x Suzi x That's right, it's all lies! Thanks to a certain incident with Rick, Dan, and a guitar string, light has been shed on this subject. Case closed - Ed.

Praise the Skiba! Um...realised I hadn't written a letter in a while, but I just wanna say that - alkaline trio are the bestest band ever ever ever and matt skiba is a god and I WILL marry him!!! teeheehee. Oh, and people need to leave good charlotte alone cos they rock. *nods* lots of love and kisses (and maybe a bit of naughtyness if ya lucky)...charlotte xxxxx That's right! You WILL marry him! Just like I WILL marry Aaron Barrett! And we are NOT at all delusional! - Ed.

Promoting bands, what could be better? I just read suzi's article and girl you sound like one cool chik!! your story is a little similar to mine(with the hanging with guys thing and then meeting new people) and man i love life now too! i love meeting bands, and helping promote bands and things,its all so rewarding. it shows that you can do what you want when you put your mind to it. everyone on rockpulse and people ive met at shows rock and im so glad i know the people i know today. As always this sites kicking ass and im glad to be a part of it! later!! <3 Gina xoxo I completely agree. I was going nowhere before I started interviewing bands! Now I finally have something to put on my 'extracurricular activities' list! - Ed.

FFAF vs LostProphets Hey this is so not funny. FFAF are the best band to come off of British shores for a long time. Way better than those lost prophet morons. Even though their welsh they still rock!! Harry London. This FFAF debate keeps coming back! A string of brilliant live reviews recently is certainly helping their popularity - Ed.

Where's the News? hello, i am writing to your fine website ma-bob to make a complaint about the news section, it hasnt been updated for over two months and for a well respected site like yours i find this unacceptable so either get it sorted or i will take my business else where. apart from that your site is very nice from Barry (thats pronounced bar-re) Well, Mr Bar-re, I will find our news guy and slap him until he gets back to work! Alternatively, if you want to help out with the news section/gig listings section, email me, thanks! - Ed.

Get Over It! I have to write a letter thanking sean for mentioning over it. Ryan brought them up to me as well and i love those guys theyre the absolute shit! go to amazon and buy their CD's!! Their street team is on EWO and ready to be used but the word needs to get out so thankyou sean for bringing them up. I love those guys! YC, AKA'a and LTJ put on a storming show here in glasgow and were all real nice! your interview rocked and im out! but remember people WWW.OVERITONLINE.COM check them out for sure! <3 Gina xoxo Thanks Gina! We need to support these great upcoming bands, so everyone get over to the Over It site sharpish! And I've got to agree, The AKAs, YC and LTJ; definitely one of the best gigs I've been to!