SS>I guess the movies themselves are enough to widen its circulation. OTOH, SS> its use in *this* novel might well be the professor (or the SS> author) showing off his transatlantic connections. Unlikely. Lodge would know as well as I when people began (emulating the US) to use "fuzz" for "police" here, and also when they stopped saying it. I can see I'll have to get Think (it it's in the library) just to see what "fuzz" is doing there. Best regards, Judy mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html