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Oh, and for the record: the use of "table" as a verb in politics still confuses me for about 5 sec. Tom Send a noteboard - 20/05/2010 04:38:35 PM
Every time I see the BBC or Economist talk about "tabling" a bill or a proposal, I do the five-second "double-think" and realize "oh, yes, that's right, they mean they're raising it for a vote." Here in the US, "tabling" a bill is a polite way of killing it by deferring discussion on it until some later, undetermined time.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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American English contains a lot more mistakes than that. Tom - 20/05/2010 03:58:42 PM 516 Views
Oh, and for the record: the use of "table" as a verb in politics still confuses me for about 5 sec. Tom - 20/05/2010 04:38:35 PM 539 Views
Nice one, though I've been guilty of that on occasion. *NM* Legolas - 20/05/2010 10:27:23 PM 242 Views
What a grating accent Larry - 20/05/2010 10:41:38 PM 508 Views
what grammatical conventions? Camilla - 20/05/2010 11:11:10 PM 481 Views
Subjunctive, reflective pronouns, things like that Larry - 20/05/2010 11:26:09 PM 501 Views
His main two points had nothing to do with all that, though... Legolas - 20/05/2010 11:39:28 PM 614 Views
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Different rules for different dialects Larry - 21/05/2010 12:03:31 AM 621 Views
.... dialects? Camilla - 21/05/2010 12:06:03 AM 585 Views
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Tickling the fort sounds like fun! *NM* Birdeye - 21/05/2010 02:37:03 AM 244 Views
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