GRGR(5) Katje and the Nazis

[Spencer Thiel]

At 7:49 AM -0700 7/9/99, s~Z wrote:


>> --- Michael Perez <studiovheissu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > The "Ss" is coincidental, IMHO, and does not refer to the
>> > Schutsstaffeln, it is merely descriptive.
>
>'Ss' is also an abbreviation for 'subjects' in research reports using
>human subjects.


Ad naseum:

Main Entry: ss
scilicet -- used in legal documents, [Latin semis] one half

Main Entry: SS
saints, same size, Social Security, steamship, sworn statement

Main Entry: SS
Pronunciation: "es-'es
Function: noun
Etymology: German, abbreviation for Schutzstaffel, literally, protection
echelon
Date: 1932
: a unit of Nazis created to serve as bodyguard to Hitler and later
expanded to take charge of intelligence, central security, policing action,
and the mass
extermination of those they considered inferior or undesirable

My personal vote is for steamship.  Clearly a reference to V ;)
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