[lit-ideas] Re: Thinks

  • From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Robert Paul <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:49:19 +0100

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






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