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From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
Subject: Re: BTW, IMO acronyms are dumb and commie
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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 19:50:00 GMT
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In article <3hotc7$mh6@bone.think.com> sandee@think.com (Daan Sandee) writes:
>Comintern comforms to the usual Russian form for acronyms (like
>soviet, gulag, and komsomol).
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Since when is _soviet_ an acronym?

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