Moot vs Mute?

[Martyn]

So is it moot or mute?

What am I talking about? Well I remember as a kid, making this error and my dad drilling it into me, it's probably one of the most common grammatical errors you could see on the internet and I hear is spoken too. I am referring to the phrase "moot point" ...or as it's commonly said in error ..."mute point".

It's such a common error, it hardly merits mentioning these days. The only reason I mention it, is because you might find the origin of the phrase interesting, it comes from an old legal term which means a debatable question, an equivocal issue open to argument and of no immediate relevance, so it the issue can be saved for a later time, when it can be decided at an assembly or meeting ....at a moot. As we all know too well, a moot is an old Anglo-Saxon word for a meeting.

So a moot point in bushcraft, could be a bushmoot point. Hehe - do you see what I did there?

 

[JonathanD]

It is a moot point.

 

[Shambling Shaman]

I can see this going on lol

But i agree its a Moot point

 

[Hoodoo]

I will remain mute on this point.

 

[Martyn]

It is a moot point.

You mean wheter it's mute or moot? I agree it's mute ...I mean moot.

 

[JonathanD]

You mean wheter it's mute or moot? I agree it's mute ...I mean moot.

It's moot as to whether it's mute, but mute would not be moot, or if you were mute, it would be hard to raise a moot point. Not that mutes are moot, I would never suggest such a thing.

 

[dave53]

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[ex-member Raikey]

i aint saying nufink about this one!!

 

[Retired Member southey]

Your all wrong, its MOO, as in the point is MOO, like a cow MOO!

 

[ex-member Raikey]

Your all wrong, its MOO, as in the point is MOO, like a cow MOO!

WTH??

Dave have you let your prescription lapse again???

you should really keep a spare pack of those "normal tablets" somewhere

hahaha

 

[Retired Member southey]

Whats conciderd normal? I belive that is a MOOT point, eh EH!

 

[ex-member Raikey]

Whats conciderd normal? I belive that is a MOOT point, eh EH!

is there a tumble weed smiley??

 

[decorum]

Does a Moot point have a Naughty Corner?

 

[Martyn]

Your all wrong, its MOO, as in the point is MOO, like a cow MOO!

[video=youtube;YIkJ4BUChxI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkJ4BUChxI[/video]

 

[Martyn]

Does a Moot point have a Naughty Corner?

Only at the Bushmute ...or is it the Bushmoo?

 

[dave53]

raikey """""""""""""""""""""""""

 

[Martyn]

raikey """""""""""""""""""""""""

Do you mean rakey"""""""""""""""""""""""""?

 

[nitrambur]

Don't you have to pronounce it as if it's french - moo, just like turbot has become turbo?

 

[MikeF_fromAUS]

Not to be confused with a muted point, or a muted tie.
And if it's a tie, then I guess there's no conclusion, either. :togo:

 

[armie]

Let me add some confusion: what does "moot" mean?
My dictionary says that the English meaning is "object to debate, dispute, or uncertainty: Whether the temparature rise was mainly due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point"
while the North American meaning is: "having little or no practical relevance: The whole matter is becoming increasingly moot".

I only knew the English meaning, but all over de innerned I see the North American one. Is the English one still being used?