The thing that puzzles me most about this current crisis is how Colin Powell has morphed into "KOH-lin" Powell. I have seen him on TV on and off ever since the Gulf War and I could swear that years ago his first name used to be "COLLIN", just like half the boys I grew up with in Scotland. (The other half were all called Angus)

So can somebody shed some light on the matter? Is this the current hip American pronunciation? I used to think it was affectation on the part of the American media, but even Tony Blair calls him "KOH-lin". What do YOU call the Colin in your life ?

Murray