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From: csw@ukc.UUCP (C.S.Welch)
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Subject: Re: Space Willies
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Date: Mon, 20-May-85 10:48:06 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 20 10:48:06 1985
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    It would appear that judging from the replies to Sue Brezden's query that
    "The Space Willies" was published as "Next of Kin" in the U.K.  A tentative
    explanation for this lies in my memories of schooldays past. Around the time
    I was 10 years old, "willy" was popular slang for a certain piece of the 
    male anatomy. "Willy" is still used today, I think, but always has vaguely
    juvenile connotations. It is easy to see why a British publisher chose to
    change the name. Still, "Space Willies" eh? ..... The mind boggles.


                                                   Chris Welch,
                                                   Cranfield Institute,
                                                   U.K.
                                                   csw@ukc.uucp