From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 8:10:18 AM UTC-4, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > On 9/2/14, 1:16 AM, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
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   > > On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:11:42 +0100, Jacey Bedford   
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   > >  wrote in   
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   > >  in   
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   > > rec.arts.sf.composition:   
      
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   > >> My (American) editor didn't think boffin was an American   
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   > >> word and asked me to change it. Oh dear.   
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   > > I think that your editor is oversensitive.  I really would   
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   > > invest a little auctorial credit in holding out for   
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   > 	I wouldn't. I have NEVER seen that word used outside of a UK context.   
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   > Egghead is the closest American word to that, and even it is outdated.   
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   Maybe geek or techie.   
      
   If this were a space opera or trade SF universe, you could invent some word to   
   get out of the problem, such that the word origin is recognizable.  That's   
   what I would do, probably.   
      
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