Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 9/27/83; site hplabsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hplabsc!plaskon From: plaskon@hplabsc.UUCP (Dawn Plaskon) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: 'lost positives' Message-ID: <1663@hplabsc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 18:41:06 EST Article-I.D.: hplabsc.1663 Posted: Thu Feb 9 18:41:06 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 09:32:17 EST References: <362@rayssd.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 9 One can indeed behave in a seemly fashion as any reader of Jane Austen knows. It means as it seems to, to behave in manner which accords with approved standards of good taste. Not lost at all, merely not in common usage any longer. I do use it as well as many other words which might be considered outdated in this day of :-) rash permissiveness and lowered societal standards of seemly behaviour. :-) If you remain unsure, ask Miss Manners.