From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 9/2/14, 1:16 AM, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
   > On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:11:42 +0100, Jacey Bedford   
   >  wrote in   
   >  in   
   > rec.arts.sf.composition:   
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   > [...]   
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   >> My (American) editor didn't think boffin was an American   
   >> word and asked me to change it. Oh dear.   
   >   
   > I think that your editor is oversensitive.  I really would   
   > invest a little auctorial credit in holding out for   
   > .   
   >   
      
   	I wouldn't. I have NEVER seen that word used outside of a UK context.   
   Egghead is the closest American word to that, and even it is outdated.   
      
      
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