Re High and low potency

[Julian Winston]

At 10:57 AM +0400 5/1/04, hippyjay@emirates.net.ae wrote:

Sorry, but when I'm reading of Lynne Truss organizing her punctuation
vigilantes, I can't let this one pass.

"mute point"

MUTE: to make no noise. To not be able to talk. To turn off the volume.

"moot point"

MOOT: to deprive of practical significance: made abstract or purely academic.
JW

[Shannon Nelson]

Ah, Julian -- you're gonna be busy!

on 5/1/04 3:19 PM, Julian Winston at jwinston@actrix.gen.nz wrote: