Am I being thick or something ...

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clcuckow

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Unless its this:

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

Moot \Moot\, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; -- usually in
comp.] [Written also mote.]
1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting
of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon
times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of
common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
--J. R. Green.
[1913 Webster]
 

tomtom

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thats pretty much it, we took it from JRRTolkien's Lord of the Rings Trilogy where its use to describe a meeting of tree people called Ent's an EntMoot most of us round here like trees a lot.. there aint much else to it!
 

clcuckow

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Well that explains it, I have not read the Lord of the Ring in 18 years. (even though one of my colleagues took some convincing that it was more that just films :D)
 

Ahjno

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clcuckow said:
Well that explains it, I have not read the Lord of the Ring in 18 years. (even though one of my colleagues took some convincing that it was more that just films :D)

:D
Probably my reputation (as far I've got one ;) ) will diminish to next to none :eek: when I tell I fell asleep during ALL three films ... :rolleyes:

Concerning the word "Moot" - you've aswered your own question (thumbs up ;)) - It's just a bunch of people (in our case with the same interest) who come together :eek: :p
 

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