Follow-up

THE story about ‘Effing Forest’ (Peterborough) reminded me of the time my husband and I both thought we heard a father tell his young son: ‘There’s no effing elephant.’ Thinking this was a shocking way to speak to a child, we were amused when further eavesdropping revealed a spelling session was under way and what he had actually said was: ‘There’s no “f” in elephant!’ ruth Adby, Caversham, Berks.