Re: Separate PK in Jxn Tbl?
From: Roy Hann <specially_at_processed.almost.meat>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:25:14 -0000
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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:25:14 -0000
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"David Cressey" <cressey73_at_verizon.net> wrote in message
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>> Here in the UK I avoid using the word 'moot' when trying to write
>> 'plain English' simply because the US usage has obscured the UK usage
>> i.e. it can cause confusion.
>>
> I'm completely unfamiliar with the UK usage of "moot". What is it?
Having lived for several decades on both sides of the Atlantic I think I know. In America the word tends mean "having no practical significance"--a meaning which is borrowed from the legal profession I think. In the UK to say something is moot is to say it is "still subject to discussion" or "undecided".
Roy Received on Tue Jan 29 2008 - 14:25:14 CET