Rod, at 19:15 on Jun 06 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> anything by Burroughs, Verne, or H G Wells is eminently readable, as they 
BG> all had wonderfully prosaic styles.
BL>                     ^^^^^^^
BL> ROFL!!! Either you are being very sly, or you need to look up the meaning 
BL> of "prosaic".

BG> I was actually quite serious, and was just about to tell you to go and fuck 
BG> yourself, but decided to look it up just in case. And bugger me, it has an 
BG> alternative meaning...
[ ... ]
BG> In case you wondered, in its original context, mine is definition #2.

RS> Laurentian class pathetic faking I see. Must be infectious.

Pardon me?  I'm dead fucking serious.  Until the other day, I never even
knew that prosaic had two totally opposite meanings.  

Oh well, at least I can correctly spell obsession, indictment, fundamental,
etc., etc., ad infinitum...  |-)

Regards, Bill
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