Oxymoron alert as German economic slowdown accelerates | Brief letters

Oxymoron corner | Front-page news | Charity shop ethics | Churchill’s imitators | Clare in the CommunityYour article (Eurozone economy almost stalls amid trade decline and Brexit fears, 24 September) says Germany “has had a year-long slowdown that has recently accelerated”. Really? I think I know what it’s supposed to mean, but perhaps it’s time for the Guardian to inaugurate an oxymoron corner like the one for homophones.
Terry Melville
Pudsey, West Yorkshire•