1 OCTOBER 1965, Page 12

SIR,—Why is Mrs. Knapp so sure 'that grand ex- ponent

of the English language, Sir Winston Chur- chill, would have flinched at the use of the word "frivial" '? Has she forgotten his own wartime in- vention of the word 'triphibian,' which caused such perturbation among like-minded Admiralty officials that this was barely allayed even when a report on the whole matter had been called for in triphiplicate?

United University Chili, SW 1

RICHARD HUGHES