MOOT point.

[rivan]

Originally posted by: daveshel
Yes, 'mute point' is a valid expression, a play on words. A moot point is one that has valid potential for discussion or debate. The play on words is mute point sounds much the same but is supposed to be just the opposite.

No.

 

[NuclearNed]

This thread is rediculous.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
This thread is rediculous.

rofl

I love all the inside jokes going on here

 

[So]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: So
There is no such thing as a 'mute' point, and if you say it seriously, you're publicly displaying your ignorance. A point can be made moot not mute, unless it's on TV or something and you have the remote.

awwww, c'mon, why did you have to tell them?

I guess I felt sorry for them.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: NuAlphaMan

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: ballmode
Tomata

This is not a tomato/tomata argument. Mute is just plain incorrect when used in this way and only displays the illiteracy of the person who used it.

Mute
Pronunciation: 'myüt
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): mut·er; mut·est
Etymology: Middle English muet, mut, from Anglo-French, from mu, mute, from Latin mutus, probably from mu, representation of a muttered sound
1 : unable to speak : lacking the power of speech
2 : characterized by absence of speech: as a : felt or experienced but not expressed <touched her hand in mute sympathy> b : refusing to plead directly or stand trial <the prisoner stands mute>
3 : remaining silent, undiscovered, or unrecognized
4 a : contributing nothing to the pronunciation of a word <the b in plumb is mute> b : contributing to the pronunciation of a word but not representing the nucleus of a syllable

moot
Function: adjective
1 a : open to question : DEBATABLE b : subjected to discussion : DISPUTED
2 : deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic

English PWNSORZ you!!!

Correct you are!!!!! :thumbsup:

:beer: Thank you!

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
This thread is rediculous.

Defanitely.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: oboeguy
For all intensive purposes, I could care less.

lmao :beer:

 

[spaceman]

Moot Ppoint is a great place to vacation.
they haul in the stripers by the bucketload there i tell ya.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: daveshel
Yes, 'mute point' is a valid expression, a play on words. A moot point is one that has valid potential for discussion or debate. The play on words is mute point sounds much the same but is supposed to be just the opposite.

Um, no.

I love how ignorant mistakes work their way into a language and people start considering them valid.

Kinda like how common typos are considered cool on the internet (pwned, teh, etc...)

 

[Mo0o]

what happens when i make a point, is it a mo0o point?

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: loki8481
you mean moo point.

it's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo.

---> <---

dammit i wanted to say that. way too late though.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
what happens when i make a point, is it a mo0o point?

Usually.

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: daveshel
Yes, 'mute point' is a valid expression, a play on words. A moot point is one that has valid potential for discussion or debate. The play on words is mute point sounds much the same but is supposed to be just the opposite.

Um, no.

I love how ignorant mistakes work their way into a language and people start considering them valid.

Kinda like how common typos are considered cool on the internet (pwned, teh, etc...)

What do you mean, no? You can't just disallow a thing that people say just because you disapprove of its origin. I'll bust people for fumbling the proper use of the apostrophe, but I won't go as far as being a prescriptive lexicographer.

 

[chambersc]

No one ever says "mute" point, do they? Are people really that stupid?

 

[computeerrgghh]

Originally posted by: So
There is no such thing as a 'mute' point, and if you say it seriously, you're publicly displaying your ignorance. A point can be made moot not mute, unless it's on TV or something and you have the remote.

Sorry but I could care less.

edit: Oops missed oboeguy's post.

 

[Jfrag Teh Foul]

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: oboeguy
For all intensive purposes, I could care less.

lmao :beer:

:laugh:

 

[So]

Originally posted by: chambersc
No one ever says "mute" point, do they? Are people really that stupid?

Oh yes, they most definitely are.

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: chambersc
No one ever says "mute" point, do they? Are people really that stupid?

dont ask the answer might horrify you...

the kicker is when the people using the incorrect terminology look so smug and proud of themselves, and cant help but laugh a little inside

 

[DanTMWTMP]

didn't MOOT come from a room?

I heard it was a room in any law firm to discuss stuff, but the vast majority of the time, nothing gets done in the moot room, so it was derived from that, no?

someone enlighten me.

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
My boss used to say "Mute point" all the time in meetings. I pulled him aside one day, told him how it was.....and he didn't believe me. I had to google the phrase to show him what was up.

Jesus H. Christ!

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: daveshel

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: daveshel
Yes, 'mute point' is a valid expression, a play on words. A moot point is one that has valid potential for discussion or debate. The play on words is mute point sounds much the same but is supposed to be just the opposite.

Um, no.

I love how ignorant mistakes work their way into a language and people start considering them valid.

Kinda like how common typos are considered cool on the internet (pwned, teh, etc...)

What do you mean, no? You can't just disallow a thing that people say just because you disapprove of its origin. I'll bust people for fumbling the proper use of the apostrophe, but I won't go as far as being a prescriptive lexicographer.

OK fine. If you want to go around sounding like an ignorant fool, be my guest. We'll all just laugh at people like you.

The kicker here is you are defending your ignorance.

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: daveshel

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: daveshel
Yes, 'mute point' is a valid expression, a play on words. A moot point is one that has valid potential for discussion or debate. The play on words is mute point sounds much the same but is supposed to be just the opposite.

Um, no.

I love how ignorant mistakes work their way into a language and people start considering them valid.

Kinda like how common typos are considered cool on the internet (pwned, teh, etc...)

What do you mean, no? You can't just disallow a thing that people say just because you disapprove of its origin. I'll bust people for fumbling the proper use of the apostrophe, but I won't go as far as being a prescriptive lexicographer.

OK fine. If you want to go around sounding like an ignorant fool, be my guest. We'll all just laugh at people like you.

The kicker here is you are defending your ignorance.

No, I don't say it. But enough people do that you can't make it go away by pointing out that it is incorrect. Most who use it are doing so out of ignorance, but others use it to make fun of the ignorant ones.

 

[jmdeathsquad]

this thread is mute

 

[Kadarin]

I think the OP will loose this argument.

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: jmdeathsquad
this thread is mute

Just like that.