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|    Dallas Hinton to Anton Shepelev    |
|    Misinterprestation    |
|    01 Apr 20 17:08:05    |
      MSGID: 1:153/7715.0 e852d400       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5e851124       CHRS: IBMPC 2       Hi Anton -- on Apr 02 2020 at 01:09, you wrote:              AS> Why, "directly" is a word of which the temporal meaning is obviously       AS> straight-forward (the pun intended). I am certain it was used in              Using "directly" as a time response is very old-fashioned, and I don't       think I've ever heard it actually used in speech in my lifetime. The       occasional play, perhaps, and some older books, but never in speech. The       closest we come to it now would "at once", or "immediately".                            Cheers... Dallas              --- timEd/NT 1.30+        * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, CANADA (1:153/7715)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 18/0 19/10 90/1 116/116 123/0 25 50 150 170 755       SEEN-BY: 135/300 138/146 153/250 757 7715 154/10 203/0 221/0 1 6 360       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/101 426 1014 240/1120 1634 2100 5138 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 8001 8002 8005 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 313/41       SEEN-BY: 317/3 320/219 322/757 333/808 335/206 364 342/200 382/147       SEEN-BY: 423/81 460/58 640/1138 1321 1384 712/848 2454/119 3634/0       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 15 27 50 4500/1 5020/1042       PATH: 153/7715 3634/12 640/1384 221/1 6 335/364 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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