Pub nomenclature doesn’t stand up | Brief letters

I was interested to read your article regarding “vertical drinking” (Curbs on vertical drinking in Soho pubs to go ahead as Khan criticises council’s ‘breathtaking arrogance’, 8 September). When I was a lad we used to call this “drinking”. It’s a bit like “wild swimming”. Again, in my day, we used to call this “swimming”. Whatever next? Eyeball reading? Horizontal sleeping? Mobile walking? Audible talking?
Joe Hyde
Bilsborrow, Lancashire

Re your report (UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale, 4 September), it’s good to see the UN catching up with the Guardian, which uses an equal-area world map in the “The week that was” feature in Saturday’s paper. Many of us in geography classrooms have been using Equal Earth maps, such as the Peters projection, for years.
Dave Weight
Former secondary school geography teacher, Leeds

In the US, we also have balaclava-wearing anti-immigrant thugs swarming our streets (‘Army of Christian patriots’: how a black-clad vigilante group swarmed Portsmouth, 8 September), except we give them deadly weapons, a uniform and a salary. We call them ICE.
Catherine Wiley
New York, US

As the author of the book Live Well Live Long, I’d like to wave the flag for nominative undeterminism (Letters, 8 September).
Peter Deadman
Hove, East Sussex

On 17 October 2008 I had a letter published about the number of candlesticks on the cabinet table.
Geoff Wicks
Derby

This is getting me into a pickle.
Peter Branston
Brentford, London