----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Coster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 7:32 AM Subject: Re: Table? A matter of definition
> > > > Ahhh, you mean "shelved"? At least, that is what we call the process of > quietly killing a parliamentary bill. And here you can only vote on a bill > once it IS tabled. And here, the bill is up for consideration and put down on the table if it is to be ignored. > There I am, thinking how similar we all are and then something like a simple > difference in the use of a word brings home how ... alien ... all you others > are. ;-) > I've heard a story that, at the start of the US/British WWII alliance that there was an extremely heated debate over whether a certain proposal should be tabled. It went on for a day before the participants realized they actually had the same position. Dan M.
