10 FEBRUARY 1996, Page 24

. . . not sweet

Sir: I have read and enjoyed The Spectator for very many years and look forward to it arriving by post each Thursday. I am no prude, but I think that the increasing use of the unpleasant four-letter word is unpleas- ant, a view shared by some fellow readers. Noel Mander

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