From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 7:18:49 AM UTC-6, David Harmon wrote:   
   > On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:11:42 +0100 in rec.arts.sf.composition, Jacey   
   >   
   > Bedford  wrote,   
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   > >My (American) editor didn't think boffin was an American word and asked   
   >   
   > >me to change it. Oh dear.   
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   >   
   >   
   > It is definitely not an American word.  I see it only in British tabloid   
   >   
   > journalism headlines.  I take it as yet another British way of calling   
   >   
   > me nigger.   
      
   Really?   
      
   -Julie   
      
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