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 Isn't it interesting that such a pretty sounding word like prosaic has an "opposite" meaning, i.e., text or speech that is plain. Talk about an inverse onomatopoeia. I learned that word when reading "Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. He displays such a matter of fact manner of writing style for the heavy topic of world war II, while fighting in Italy. Just a thought.