From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: Please list all the Ada libraries you know
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:20:14 +0000
Date: 2013-03-07T07:20:14+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lyip53oevl.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 0sdgj8t59g1eno3be2hvf99j5glcad417c@4ax.com
Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> writes:
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensible
>
> M-W lists enough synonyms and related words like tangible or apparent
> that it should have been understood to mean "discernable" or
> noticeable.
Interesting that the normal (BrE as well as AmE) meanings are the 4th
and 5th definitions!
I say 'normal', as indicated by the fact that none of the three examples
corresponds to definitions 1..3.
See also the M-W Learner's Dictonary:
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/sensible
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2013-03-03 16:42 Please list all the Ada libraries you know ferrariv65
2013-03-03 17:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-03-03 17:29 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-03-03 19:18 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-03-04 1:02 ` Shark8
2013-03-04 1:23 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-03-04 3:32 ` Shark8
2013-03-04 6:32 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-03-04 20:43 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-04 21:09 ` gautier_niouzes
2013-03-04 22:57 ` Shark8
2013-03-04 21:13 ` Ludovic Brenta
2013-03-06 6:15 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-03-06 7:15 ` Simon Wright
2013-03-06 15:09 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-03-06 16:03 ` Simon Wright
2013-03-06 17:36 ` Simon Wright
2013-03-06 17:08 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-06 19:01 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-03-06 19:34 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-06 19:56 ` [OT] "sensible" in English (was: Please list all the Ada libraries you know) Ludovic Brenta
2013-03-06 20:33 ` [OT] "sensible" in English Niklas Holsti
2013-03-07 7:04 ` Geoff
2013-03-07 7:47 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-03-07 10:23 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-03-11 16:04 ` [OT] "sensible" in English (was: Please list all the Ada libraries you know) Ada novice
2013-03-06 20:15 ` Please list all the Ada libraries you know Niklas Holsti
2013-03-07 2:41 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-03-07 6:56 ` Geoff
2013-03-07 7:20 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2013-03-06 21:01 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-03-06 21:44 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-04 8:12 ` Simon Wright
2013-03-04 20:29 ` Shark8
2013-03-06 0:28 ` Jerry
2013-03-07 21:42 ` mockturtle
2013-03-08 9:02 ` Björn Persson
2013-03-07 22:02 ` slos
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