The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11381 Message #2662286
Posted By: GUEST
22-Jun-09 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: Misspoken, misheard, but accepted.
Subject: RE: Misspoken, misheard, but accepted.
moot point is correct cxoming from a law student exercise called a moot court. Ponts made there may be impressiver, convinvcing and even valid or true, but becuase the trial is not real, the point of obsessing about it came to be known as "moot" when somethiong doesn't really matter no matter how eloguently stated.