Re: Ada 2005 Books (again probably!)

On 24/04/2008 08:34, in article 1vd014d7cf422e2atchlnhg1h3acued2it@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"John McCabe" <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> On 23/04/2008 14:25, in article
fundco$dng$2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "Peter Hermann" <ica2ph@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>>> John McCabe <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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 homo***uality : 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 fa****on : 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.

-- 
Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk