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   On 9/2/2014 7:49 AM, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
   > On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:43:52 +0100, Jacey Bedford   
   >  wrote in   
   >  in   
   > 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   
   >   
   Which is really odd, since "Bring it to the table" generally means to   
   consider the plan.  So you could say "he brought it to the table and we   
   tabled it," and most everybody would know that the plan was brought up,   
   but discarded almost immediately.   
      
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