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minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoBeware the word moot has opposite meanings to people from the US and UK. US takes it as something that can be ignored like it’s from practice in a moot court (or mock trial) UK takes it from the meeting type (a moot) and the word means something that should be discussed Australia mostly follows US usage in this
minus-squareterminatortwo@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI didn’t know this! I was using the US style. Thanks for the clarification
Beware the word moot has opposite meanings to people from the US and UK.
US takes it as something that can be ignored like it’s from practice in a moot court (or mock trial)
UK takes it from the meeting type (a moot) and the word means something that should be discussed
Australia mostly follows US usage in this
I didn’t know this! I was using the US style. Thanks for the clarification