SIR Elton John said the f-word on Jonathan Ross' Saturday Radio 2 show and nobody batted an eyelid.

It's not long since the plug would have been pulled and there would have been an uproar with the complaints line red hot at the Beeb. Now it seems to be accepted.

However, I'm sick of hearing Jonathan's brother, Paul, swearing on TV comment programmes. He has a foul mouth and it's totally unnecessary the way he uses it twice in a sentence.

In my younger days men never swore in front of women; now women use it in front of children, and even little children are great exponents of the expletive.

You get used to it, it's become everyday usage, but I still don't like it used as a regular adjective, especially by mums and kids.

It's a word that's accepted in the dictionary so why do I object?

That I can't explain, except that I was taught it was wrong and that has stuck with me.