Re: moot [was: AS/FMP: a list of fewer than two records]
Re: moot [was: AS/FMP: a list of fewer than two records]
- Subject: Re: moot [was: AS/FMP: a list of fewer than two records]
- From: Phil Dobbin <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 22:41:21 +0000
On 27/02/2004, at 22:22 (GMT), Michelle Steiner, email@hidden wrote:
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On Feb 27, 2004, at 3:03 PM, Chap Harrison wrote:
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> I've never quite understood what "moot" really means, so I just go
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> with "academic" or "beside the point" ;-)
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As I understand it, "moot" means something along the lines of
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"overtaken by events."
It's actually from the Old English and means `an undecided or disputed point' in this case.
Its meaning in the primary as a noun originated from `a meeting' or `a deliberative or administrative assembly' which is now considered archaic.
Regards,
Phil.
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