| ▲ | mrob 4 hours ago | |||||||||||||
>there's one exception: use of the word 'tabled'. Another exception: "moot", as in "moot point". In the UK it means "subject to debate", while in the US it means "inconsequential and therefore not subject to debate". | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | lbriner 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||
I'm British but I always understood it as the second meaning. e.g. "We were going to consider XYZ but now it's a moot point because the project is cancelled." | ||||||||||||||
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