From Storm Dunlop
Some of Bernadette Hince’s examples of Antarctic neologisms
(Feedback, 21 March)
are hardly new, apart from being grammatically suspect. “Frazil ice” and
“pancake ice” are well-known terms. Similarly, “jolly” has long been used for a
pleasure jaunt. And surely “jobbie” is Scots?
sdunlop@star.cpes.susx.ac.uk
