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Sunday, December 4, 2005

There is no such thing as a mute point.

Moot and mute are very frequently confused. It's a simple mistake, and easily corrected. Mute (/myoot/) means "unable to speak" or "silent." Helen Keller was mute until she was taught to speak in her early teens. Moot (/moot/) means "irrelevant or insignificant." Whether or not we should have peanut... Sign in to see full entry.

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