"A Mute Point" - Ouch!

[jwmorrice]

I've noticed this new mangling of the English language in a few posts. Please folks, it's "a moot point".

'And therefore think him as a serpent's egg
Which, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous,
And kill him in the shell.' - Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 1

jwm

 

[jwmorrice]

Awe shut it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Kiarra

Awe??? Well, we won't get into that. One thing at a time!

jwm

 

[crash]

That and 'irregardless' are pet peeves in my office. Our Pres uses both words without realizing the error, and yet prides himself on his education.

A 'mute' point is one where I sit quietly and think to myself, "If I post (say) this I will start a flame war. If I keep my mouth shut, I can let some other guy get lambasted with PM's and abuse". So I make a 'mute' point.

Maybe I should have kept this as a 'mute' point. Oh, well. It's moot now.

To paraphrase "It is better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."

 

[BuffNaked]

It's a moo point. Ya you know. Just like a cows opinion. It doesn't matter.

 

[kramer]

A moo---t joke.

Q. What do you call a cow that doesn't give milk?

A. An udder failure.

 

[SNAGuy]

I would like to defend the use of the term 'mute point' on this basis: I wish that some of our more offensive or anti-social posters had been 'mute' instead of making their 'point.'

 

[xarir]

And remember, issues are centred on but revolve around. From a geometric perspective, you can't centre around!

 

[xarir]

Re: Re: "A Mute Point" - Ouch!

Sei un grand coglione con un picolo cazzo!!!

That's not a nice thing to say AT!

 

[galt]

my pet peeves are "very unique" and "quite sure". "Unique" and "sure" are absolutes. there are no degrees of either. Something can't be more unique than something else.

 

[AsheBlonde]

Seems like Grandma's first law of the household is coming true:

Every home should have a good dictionary and a good atlas.


Can't tell you how many times I heard 'don't ask me go look it up' as a kid . . . the old broad knew what she was talking about!