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Re: Keyline books was Re: Keylines
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Keyline books was Re: Keylines
- From: "georg parlow" <georg@email-me.at>
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 12:30:19 +0100
- Newsgroups: permaculture
- References: <LYRIS-104375-90863-2000.11.10-20.09.15--georg#email-me.at@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> 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