01-10-2005, 12:15 PM | #21 |
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Moot...schmoot... who cares?
Of course the books are infinitely superior... did the question have to be asked? The movies aren't even "Great" movies in their own right, let alone in terms of being adapted from the book.
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Now, as I was saying... perhaps one of the most ill-used words, eh?
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Your little lesson is quite well conceived BoP, however you are quite far off course. You might wanna pull over and ask for directions... Moot Point is far from the same as Moot on it's own. The phrase Moot Point does not share the same meaning as Moot, or meeting. You will not find the deffinition as easily as those oh so well conceived ones for Moot itself, as Moot Point is two words with Point being an altering word creating a new meaning.
Moot on its own can be used as a suffix using its originated deffinition as meeting, i.e. Entmoot. It is not a fossil word and still has value and meaning as it once did. The misunderstanding is that Moot Point is not Moot. Understand?
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You lot want me to split off your discussion of the word 'moot'?
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Depends - you gonna provide a definition for that.
Okay, okay, point taken. We can get back onto this very moot-able topic now.
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01-12-2005, 04:32 PM | #30 |
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BOOKS!
...an unmootable assertion in the original sense! ... a moot point in the modern sense as per HotD: "This thread is kind of a... moot point... no pun intended, of course the Books are better than the films! No film, no song, no musical, nothing will ever match what Proffesor Tolkien has given us. The Lord of the Rings and all of Tolkiens other writings are a masterpiece! If you need any more proof the books are better than the films I have one word for you... Halbarad! Halbarad of the Dunedain was NOT in the films!!! How can the films match the power of a book that has Halbarad in it!?" Do I get extra credit for involving both senses correctly attributed in answer?
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No, but you do get a smack on the upside of the head, and a token de-pantsing.
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01-12-2005, 04:58 PM | #32 |
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given my views on the philogy professor's sense of humour, shouldn't that be
. . . . . . . . . . . . a "Tolkien" depantsing?
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01-12-2005, 06:11 PM | #33 |
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Nope, nope, and nope. The LAST thing I want to think about is the good professor's wrinkly white butt!
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you know, the phrase regarding a redundant arguement isnt a moot point, it is actually a 'mute point', ie: without sound, hence no arguement
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01-12-2005, 11:15 PM | #35 |
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this is where PROPER ENUNCIATION helps to mUte the point about mooooots!
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And now, let's mute about the moot! This topic is rather... redundant... on a Tolkien board, would we not say?
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I'd say it's rather predictable. But as usual, the spinoff discussion was quite entertaining.
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Du. How could you even ask? Books are always better! They're just not so limited as movies.
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