From: "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>IIRC, Kim Stanley Robinson used a completely different, more x-rated definition of the word in Blue Mars. :)
Subject: RE: A Problem For Conservatives
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:32:07 -0800
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 01:20 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: A Problem For Conservatives
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> Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> > The tabling of the question
> of the validity
> > of observations, as been pointed out many times, was key to
> the development
> > of science.
>
> Careful of the use of the word "tabling", it has different (if not
> opposite!) meanings depending on which side of the Atlantic
> you're on.
> And since you're on one side and William is on the other,
> this is likely to lead to confusion. Could you re-word the
> paragraph above without using the word "tabling" so we *all*
> know exactly what you mean?
> Thanks!
Wow! Yeah, I'm interested.
FWIW, in addition to its other meanings, tabling, in the stage-hand world, means carrying an item in as horizontal a fashion as possible.
Jon
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