From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-09-01 21:09:59 +0000, William Vetter said:   
      
   > On Monday, September 1, 2014 3:09:50 PM UTC-4, J.Pascal wrote:   
   >> On Monday, September 1, 2014 6:02:05 AM UTC-6, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
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   >>> The copy edit picked up mainly punctuation, but also Americanised my   
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   >>> British English, so I acquired a few gottens and a lot of -ize endings   
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   >>> as well as discovering that there is no word in the USA equivalent to   
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   >>> the British 'boffin'. (We ended up with 'scientist' but that really   
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   >>> doesn't cover it.)   
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   >> *Sigh*  That's because in the US we say "boffin".   
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   > You mean in the sense that shag is used in UK?   
      
   In contemporary use, I believe "shag" is an affectation on both sides.   
      
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