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Pastimes
Moot or Mute? You decide!
An SI Board Since February 2001
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Emcee:  CatLady Type:  Moderated
moot -
adj.

Subject to debate; arguable: a moot question.

Law. Without legal significance, through having been previously decided or settled.
Of no practical importance; irrelevant.

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mute -
adj. mut·er, mut·est.

Refraining from producing speech or vocal sound.

Unable to speak.
Unable to vocalize, as certain animals. See Synonyms at dumb.
Expressed without speech; unspoken: a mute appeal.
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20Yup, bub, I'm here. Mostly spending time with the family this weekend. Hope Kemo Sabe-3/3/2001
19You out there, Kemo Sabe? Haven't seen you around since the afternoon of 1 MLPS5-3/2/2001
18Me think sew two.LPS5-2/28/2001
17Farther more, noone will tell them they are loosers ....when their told what is GraceZ-2/28/2001
16:) LPS5LPS5-2/28/2001
15Perhaps you're right. Let me rephrase that... Replace "Me thinks"Kemo Sabe-2/28/2001
14ROFL. Message 15419397 LPS5LPS5-2/27/2001
13Along those lines, how about when someone says he is "disorientated." Quahog-2/14/2001
12CatLady, Oh, I get it now... Coneheads... Just returned from running errands. EL KABONG!!!-2/13/2001
11mute <i>points</i> coneheads get it? ha ha ha lame, really, reallCatLady-2/13/2001
10Why, are they a bunch of coneheads?CatLady-2/13/2001
9CatLady, I am shocked and dismayed at your obviously prejudicial and biased remEL KABONG!!!-2/13/2001
8Throughout the past 18 yrs., I have repeatedly watched an Asst. U.S. Attorney prCJ-2/13/2001
7When I was in the military some years ago, there were two terms widely used whicLPS5-2/13/2001
6I don't usually point out other people's mistakes because I'm sure tCatLady-2/13/2001
5You're not kidding, CatLady. Along with "mute" points is the attemLPS5-2/13/2001
4GA knows the difference! To:Chris land who wrote (3685) From: Grievous Angel TCatLady-2/13/2001
3LOL!Don Pueblo-2/13/2001
2Message 15343914CatLady-2/13/2001
1I'm really tired of hearing about mute points!CatLady-2/13/2001
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