Posted by Robert Dilley on May 19, 2004 at 18:05:40 from 65.39.13.79 user rdilley.
In Reply to: Re: Narrator in the first person posted by Dan Lind on May 19, 2004 at 02:00:10:
From the COD (having wiped the drool off):
Intrude "thrust, force (thing into)";
Obtrude "thrust forward (upon or on a person or his attention) importunately".
That is why I used "obtrude" and not "intrude". An intrusion can be welcome; an obtrusion rarely so if ever.
Thoughts of an unrepentant logophile.