From: john@assen.demon.co.uk.nospam (John McCabe)
Subject: Re: Where's Ada95 when OO languages are discussed?
Date: 1999/04/13
Date: 1999-04-13T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37138a2a.3132207@news.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7dtb8s$r0p$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>In article <7dr8s1$1f3$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
> dennison@telepath.com wrote:
>> I don't think I've ever seen it used before, but
>"intrigue" is a valid verb
>
>It is a *transitive* verb, and is of course quite familiar
>in this context (it is OED II definition 5b, and has
>nothing at all to do with intrigue as in plotting or
>an illicit sexual intimacy, it means exciting curiosity
>in)
Fascinating!
Best Regards
John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk>
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1999-03-23 0:00 Where's Ada95 when OO languages are discussed? Mike Silva
1999-03-23 0:00 ` fred
1999-03-23 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-03-23 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-03-23 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-03-23 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-03-23 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-03-23 0:00 ` Kevin
1999-03-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-03-24 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-03-27 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-03-28 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-03-24 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-03-30 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1999-03-30 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-30 0:00 ` bglbv
1999-03-30 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-30 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-31 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-04-13 0:00 ` John McCabe [this message]
1999-03-30 0:00 ` Mike Harrison
1999-04-13 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-03-24 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-03-24 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-24 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-03-24 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-24 0:00 ` SpamSpamSpam
1999-03-23 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-03-24 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-03-25 0:00 ` SpamSpamSpam
1999-03-25 0:00 ` Bob Munck
1999-03-25 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
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