View from a chair on the second floor of the Wichita Library Advanced Learning area.
If you have a question about anything, Google it. Even if Google doesn't come up with a good answer, it will at least be interesting to see what comes up. Sometimes it's even amusing.
Today's question for the magic Google oracle: "quiet places to read." I found Barnes and Noble, a cute coffee shop/bookstore, and this library. But I think Google and I have some different ideas about the meaning of the word "quiet."
1. If there is background music, it's not quiet.
2. If people are conversing, it's not quiet. Also, why don't people whisper in libraries?
3. If there's road noise, it's not quiet.
Maybe I should have searched using the word "silent" instead. So I asked Google if there's a difference between "quiet" and "silent." Turns out there is.
"Though the words quiet and silent are synonymous with each other, they do not mean the same. Quiet means that a surrounding environment is fairly peaceful except a little noise that lingers around. Whereas, silent means that there is absolutely no noise in the surroundings."
But Google doesn't see the difference. I changed my search to "silent" places and got exactly the same results.
Not surprisingly, however, it is still true that fewer people go into the library beyond the first floor. So today I am glad to have found the stairs.
Thanks, God.
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