03 May 06 23:17, Dale Shipp wrote to Philip Lozier:

 DS>  -=> On 05-02-06  23:28,  Philip Lozier <=-
 DS>  -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about none <=-

 PL>> I think you were told wrong then.  As an American, my
 PL>> undertanding of "it's been tabled" or "put on
the table"
 PL>> means it has been open for discussion, the same as you put
 PL>> the UK meaning on it.

 DS>    "put on the table" is different from
"tabled" with no modifiers.

 DS>  From one of many on line dictionaries -- check with your own if you
 DS>  want.

 DS> Definition:

 DS> table (DISCUSS)   verb [T]
 DS> 1 UK to suggest something for discussion:
 DS> An amendment to the proposal was tabled by Mrs James.

 DS> 2 US to delay discussion of a subject:
 DS> The suggestion was tabled for discussion at a later date.

And the latter is what was meant, in this case. The absence of a few ZCs
being the reason.

 DS> (from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)


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