Anonymous  +  179606 Fri, 06 Jan 06 08:05 AM I am unsure of what "spurious" means in this context: "Who wouldn't get frantic when the whole matter was perfectly clear without naive equestions, and when it had already been decided that even to talk about it was spurious?" thanks Anonymous

	Nef  +  179645 Fri, 06 Jan 06 09:53 AM From www.dictionary.com: spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think the idea is that to talk about "the whole matter" was pointless, time wasting, and possibly even serving absolutely no purpose other than to cause trouble. Nef Joined on Sun, Jan 1 2006 California, USA Regular Member 638

	MrPedantic  +  180305 Sun, 08 Jan 06 04:03 PM Hello Anon I can't think of a context in which it would make sense to describe the act of talking as "spurious". I think the speaker made a mistake. He meant something like: "even to talk about it showed dishonest intentions". (The word is commonly misused.) MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...