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Re: Keyline books was Re: Keylines




> is samizdat derived from "same as that (dat)" ? :-)

merriam-webster (http://www.m-w.com/) reckons:

Main Entry: sa·miz·dat
Pronunciation: 'sä-mEz-"dät
Function: noun
Etymology: Russian, from sam- self- + izdatel'stvo publishing house
Date: 1967
: a system in the U.S.S.R. and countries within its orbit by which
government-suppressed literature was clandestinely printed and distributed;
also : such literature


greetings
georg