"HeyBub" wrote in
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Another word that causes confusion is "prophet." To a Jew and a
Christian, the word has two completely different definitions. Members
of the two faiths, unless they understand the differing meanings, can
argue past each other all day long.

Not sure whether this is completely apropos, but here goes.

Eisenhower and his staff and Montgomery and his staff were having a
highfaluting meeting prior to D-Day. (Oh well, I thought up the names,
but it was a US-UK meeting in 1944. I know, because I was born later
grin.

Well the Brits wanted to table a battle plan, but ran into stiff
opposition by the Americans, who absolutely did NOT want to table the
proposal. After some back and forth, someone made the smoke clear, and
asked let's talk about this battle plan, shall we? And all agreed
because "to table" a proposal haad over the years acquired opposite
meanings on different sides of the Atlantic.

So, gentlemen and others, context is what you should look at it absolute
meaning confuses.

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Best regards
Han
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