Re: grok?

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From: Edward Greenberg
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1990 05:31

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In article <25...@tukki.jyu.fi> tarv...@tukki.jyu.fi (Tapani Tarvainen) writes:
>This comes from Robert A. Heinlein's book "Stranger in a Strange Land".
>(I've heard reports of it having been used earlier in some other book
>by him or someone else, but that's certainly the most famous occurrence.)
>-- 
>Tapani Tarvainen    (tarv...@tukki.jyu.fi, tarvainen@finjyu.bitnet)

In "Grumbles from the Grave," Virginia Heinlein tells that Grok was
indeed coined by Robert H. for Stranger, and relates their amazement
when it started showing up all over the place.  

Grumbles is good reading.
				-edg

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