Keith, at 23:07 on Jun 19 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BL> I will also agree that his writing is elegantly prosaic. To key-in the
BL> other meaning of prosaic you have to make it clear which you mean, or
BL> avoid it altogether and say he writes elegant prose. 

KR> sorry to butt in, i don't wander this way too often, but life on night
KR> shift is prosaic in the extreme, i've even written 3 messages to rod
KR> tonight so i'm sure that you'll get my context (:

Got it the first time Keith, no qualifier necessary.  :)

KR> have you ever read raymond chandler? 

No, although I've read many of his excellent crime novels.

KR> he writes of prosaic things but in a very evocative way, in one of his 
KR> novels, i've forgotten which one, the first chapter has his hero phillip 
KR> marlowe sitting in his office on a hot boring day, watching flies crawling 
KR> up the wall, listening to the traffic noise outside. it is imho a tour de 
KR> force of descriptive writing, but is it prosaic?

In accordance with the second definition which has been espoused here
several times of late, absolutely.  IMO of course.  What say you though?

Regards, Bill
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