Re: Ada 2005 Books (again probably!)

["(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 24/04/2008 08:34, in article 1vd014d7cf422e2atchlnhg1h3acued2it@4ax.com,
"John McCabe" <john@nospam.assen.demon.co.uk.nospam> wrote:

> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> On 23/04/2008 14:25, in article fundco$dng$2@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de,
>> "Peter Hermann" <ica2ph@lucky.ihr.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> John McCabe <john@nospam.assen.demon.co.uk.nospam> wrote:
>>>> Now that Burns/Wellings book has been out for a little while, can
>>> 
>>> 
>>>              out ?
>> 
>> "out" = "published"
> 
> Is that a Scottish thing then? Thanks for the translation Bill :-)

Not according to the MacOS X Dictionary:

> adjective [ predic. ]
> 1 not at home or at one's place of work : if he called, she'd pretend to be
> out.
> 2 revealed or made public : the secret was soon out.
> � (of a flower) in bloom; open.
> � published : the book should be out before the end of the month.
> � informal in existence or in use : it works as well as any system that's out.
> � not concealing one's homosexuality : I had been out since I was seventeen.
> 3 no longer alight; extingished : the fire was nearly out.
> 4 at an end : school was out for the summer.
> � informal no longer in fashion : life in the fast lane is out.
> 5 not possible or worth considering : a trip to the seaside is out.
> 6 in a state of unconsciousness.
> � Boxing unable to rise before the count of ten.
> 7 mistaken; in error : he was slightly out in his calculations.
> 8 (of the ball in tennis and similar games) outside the designated playing
> area.
> 9 Baseball & Cricket no longer batting or on base, having had one's turn ended
> by the team in the field : the Yankees are out in the ninth | Johnson was out
> at second.

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Bill Findlay
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