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minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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
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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
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