• oo1@lemmings.world
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      10 hours ago

      Table can mean “to discuss a topic at a meeting” (British English) or “to postpone discussion of a topic” (American English). Canadian English uses both meanings of the word

      Canada . . . seriously? I can’t sanction that type of behaviour.

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        5 hours ago

        That’s the problem with being influenced by both British and American English. We have both senses in New Zealand English too, although I think the US one is slowly winning out and the British one might one day fall out of use.