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Originally Posted by RetiredGySgt Yes you can if you are a natural US citizen, that means a parent is American. Hate to burst your bubble. But this is mute cause Hawaii has stated his birth certificate is real and valid. | I agree, mute point. I learned some things from this discussion. | And it's MOOT point, MOOT. Not MUTE. A MUTE is someone who has had his tongue cut out or otherwise cannot talk.
MOOT means of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.
I don't usually care about occasional spelling flub ups, or people who can't spell at all...but if you're going to use a word continually when attempting to be rude to people, at least use the correct word to begin with.
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Originally Posted by AllieBaba And it's MOOT point, MOOT. Not MUTE. A MUTE is someone who has had his tongue cut out or otherwise cannot talk.
MOOT means of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.
I don't usually care about occasional spelling flub ups, or people who can't spell at all...but if you're going to use a word continually when attempting to be rude to people, at least use the correct word to begin with. | True, but it could mean a point with no teeth. |
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Originally Posted by 42Presidents I agree, mute point. I learned some things from this discussion. | Strictly for educational purposes, I feel obligated to once again point out that the correct word is "moot," not "mute." (rhymes with boot).
If you know that the correct word is moot, and this is merely a spelling error, I apologize. I don't want to be accused of being a lame-ass spelling hawk. But since I hear people use mute instead of moot quite often, I'm not making that assumption. For example, Shannon Sharpe makes this mistake at least once a week on the NFL pre-game show and I can't believe nobody has corrected him yet.
Main Entry: moot
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1587
1 a: open to question : debatable b: subjected to discussion : disputed
2: deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic |
08-25-2008, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Ravi True, but it could mean a point with no teeth. | That is just a paraphrase of the exact definition provided. In other words, means the same thing. You can say it a hundred different ways...but it means the same thing.
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Originally Posted by Ravi True, but it could mean a point with no teeth. | 
Me no think so. |
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"No teeth" when discussing philosophical ideas is simply "deprived of practical significance; purely academic."
In other words, no teeth.
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Originally Posted by manifold
Me no think so. | Well, it's moot anyway, isn't it?
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Originally Posted by AllieBaba Then you think wrong, dear.
"No teeth" when discussing philosophical ideas is simply "deprived of practical significance; purely academic."
In other words, no teeth. | I know what "no teeth" means, dear. I'm saying that the word "mute" does not mean no teeth, except perhaps in some far-fetched, abstract exercise of poetic license. |
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Originally Posted by manifold I know what "no teeth" means, dear. I'm saying that the word "mute" does not mean no teeth, except perhaps in some far-fetched, abstract exercise of poetic license. | I never said "mute" meant no teeth????
????????
Besides which, wasn't I responding to Ravi?
Are you guys trying to drive me insane?
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Poor Spot! He was tired of being thought of as stupid. "I'm gonna join Mensa," he said to myself, "and then I'll be legally permitted to wear the society's insignia--a tattoo of a little map pin pushed into my flesh--and then everyone'll know that I'm not dumb at all!"
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Originally Posted by AllieBaba I never said "mute" meant no teeth????
????????
Besides which, wasn't I responding to Ravi?
Are you guys trying to drive me insane? | Now THAT's a moot point. |
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Originally Posted by AllieBaba I never said "mute" meant no teeth????
????????
Besides which, wasn't I responding to Ravi?
Are you guys trying to drive me insane? | My bad.
I thought you were responding to me.
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08-25-2008, 06:31 PM
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Poor Spot! He was tired of being thought of as stupid. "I'm gonna join Mensa," he said to myself, "and then I'll be legally permitted to wear the society's insignia--a tattoo of a little map pin pushed into my flesh--and then everyone'll know that I'm not dumb at all!"
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08-25-2008, 06:31 PM
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Rep Power: 65 | | | Whoops, that was for Ravi, though I can include you as well...
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Poor Spot! He was tired of being thought of as stupid. "I'm gonna join Mensa," he said to myself, "and then I'll be legally permitted to wear the society's insignia--a tattoo of a little map pin pushed into my flesh--and then everyone'll know that I'm not dumb at all!"
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