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  From: Brian Astill <brian.astill@flinders.edu.au>
  To  : Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 14:04:30 +0900

Re: Geek or Nerd?

At 01:05 PM 23/9/99 +0930, Mark Newton wrote:
>I mean, seriously, how likely is it that you'll find a definition of
>"geek" in a library book which encompasses the nuances that geeks 
>mean when they use the term?

Well - very, I'm afraid.  The reference will contain an accepted definition
rather than one person's particular understanding.
It IS good to compare that (or those) with a group like the lug, but not
sound to use the lug as your major source.


Brian Astill,  Visiting Research Fellow
Flinders University Institute of International Education

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