pathic

[Ronald Butters]

Note: this is NOT a private joke whereby Larry makes a punning reference to my name that relies on private information about my romance with Brando (cf. "Last Tango in Cedar Rapids")

On Feb 11, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:

> At 3:02 PM -0500 2/11/11, Ronald Butters wrote:
>> I agree with "gothic." That is the most likely,
>> given the ways he makes his other letters.  In
>> addition, in terms of content and context,
>> "gothic" also makes the most sense. it is a
>> silly, empty-headed, pretentious, puerile piece
>> of crap. I agree with the suggestion that he was
>> drunk. I doubt that he knew what "pathic" meant
>> (despite his rumored interest in being the top
>> half of homosexual anal couplings).
>
> Well, he did have all that extra butter to use up.   ;-)
>
>
> LH
>
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2011, at 1:39 PM, David A. Daniel wrote:
>>
>>> It's Gothic
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Paul Frank
>>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 3:29 PM
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>>> Subject: pathic
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What did Marlon Brando mean by pathic (if that's what he wrote) in
>>> this letter? Or is it fathic?
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/02/you-have-something-graceful-and-tender.html?showComment=1297445186855#c7106019559001693760
>>>
>>> The OED defines pathic as follows:
>>>
>>> B. adj.
>>>
>>> 1. Relating to or designating the passive partner in homosexual anal
>>> intercourse; homosexual.
>>>
>>> 2. Relating to suffering or disease; morbid. rare.
>>>
>>> ⤠3. Undergoing something, passive. Obs. rareâ¤"0.
>>>
>>> 4. Involving feeling, perception, or intuition, rather than cognition
>>> or deliberation.
>>>
>>>
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