From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:43:52 +0100, Jacey Bedford   
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   rec.arts.sf.composition:   
      
   > On 02/09/2014 05:14, J.Pascal wrote:   
      
   >> (I understand that "table the issue" means complete   
   >> opposites one side of the Pond to the other.)   
      
   > I would take that to mean that we would discuss it at the   
   > next available opportunity. I gather that in the US it   
   > means that 'we won't discuss it again' or perhaps 'we'll   
   > put it on a back burner until it blows up in our face'.   
   > Am I correct?   
      
   Pretty much.  In the U.S. a motion to table an issue is a   
   proposal to postpone/suspend consideration of the issue;   
   elsewhere it’s a proposal to begin consideration of the   
   issue.   
      
   Brian   
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