This created a nationalist uproar that died down when Benn stated that the suffixed "e" represented "Excellence, England, Europe and Entente (Cordiale)".
Hal ini mengakibatkan kegemparan nasionalis, yang akhirnya berakhir ketika Benn menyatakan bahwa sufiks "e" mewakili "Excellence, England, Europe and Entente (Cordiale)."