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|    Denis Mosko to Dallas Hinton    |
|    Re: Misinterprestation    |
|    02 Apr 20 03:38:58    |
      REPLY: 1:153/7715.0 e852d400       MSGID: 2:5064/54.1315 5e8526f5       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0400       TID: hpt/w32-mgw 1.4.0-sta 30-03-12        Hi from Russi, Dallas!              Dallas Hinton>AntonShe.exe              :-)               AS>> Why, "directly" is a word of which the temporal meaning is        AS>> obviously straight-forward (the pun intended). I am certain it was        AS>> used in               DH> Using "directly" as a time response is very old-fashioned, and I don't        DH> think I've ever heard it actually used in speech in my lifetime. The        DH> occasional play, perhaps, and some older books, but never in speech.        DH> The closest we come to it now would "at once", or "immediately".                     Yes, but, Dallas, how to historically represent "direct mail"?                     --- GoldED+/W32-MINGW 1.1.5-b20120519 (Kubik 3.0)        * Origin: . (2:5064/54.1315)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 50/109 90/1 221/0 6 226/30 227/114 229/101 426 1014       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 1634 2100 5138 5832 5853 8001 8002 8005 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 250/25 261/38 280/5003 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 333/808 335/206 364 342/200 382/147 450/1024 463/68 2454/119       SEEN-BY: 4500/1 5000/111 5001/100 5005/49 5015/42 46 5019/40 5020/830       SEEN-BY: 5020/846 1042 2047 2140 4441 5053/51 5054/8 5064/54 56 5075/128       SEEN-BY: 5080/68 102 5083/1 444       PATH: 5064/54 5020/1042 221/6 335/364 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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