A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
I thought tabling a discussion was when you took it
off
the table. So...wait, is "retable" supposed to be the
opposite
of "table"? And not "table again"?
Oh, ha ha. As I suspected:
Table as a verb has two contradictory meanings, one in use in the United States and the other in the remainder of the English-speaking world. In the United States, the motion to table (or "lay on the table") is a proposal to suspend consideration of a pending motion, while in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, to "table" a motion (or "place on the table") is the means to commence discussion on a proposal.
So it is the opposite of flammable/inflammable, which actually mean the same thing. Interesting.
"table" is the "aloha" of verbs.
I think "table" might be my new answer to everything.
Hah. Sorry, I had no idea it had a different meaning in the US!
Welcome to b'cacy.
"Table!"
Right up there with "Spoon!"
"Table!"
Next bureau title?
Kevin, look closely at the voting rules [link] before you propose a thread. If a vote doesn't pass there is a 6 month (I think) moratorium on the issue. Waiting for an airdate (or at least an air month) might put a thread proposal in a better position.
That I did not remember. Cheers, aurelia.
