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The language organ and the ety of <grok> (Re: Serif vs. sansserif)

From:Mia Soderquist <tuozin@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 27, 1999, 17:33
Paul Bennett wrote:
> > PS: > Fabian also used the term <grok>, while we were in London, and I think I > understand it. What's the etymology of it? >
Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. Unless it was used somewhere else before that. But that where I made my aquaintance with the word. -- Mia Soderquist (tuozin@dmv.com) clank clank *crash* clank clank *crash* (Two knights walk into a bar)