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   Denis Mosko to Dallas Hinton   
   Re: Misinterprestation   
   02 Apr 20 03:38:58   
   
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    Hi from Russi, Dallas!   
      
   Dallas Hinton>AntonShe.exe   
      
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    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"?   
      
      
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