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Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 09/20/05 20:06
Pete Gray wrote:
> In article <zIEXe.69138$PM3.53520@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> a.nony.mous@example.invalid says...
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>> Wings wrote:
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>>> ... is a mute point ...
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>> I've seen this phrase twice in the last couple of minutes.
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>> It is a *moot* point.
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> Perhaps mute points are for people who have nothing to say?
I once told a boss that very line. She wasn't happy. <g> She used the
words "mute point" in speech more than once a week, and of course
pronounced it as "mute".
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