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mulrich
Joined: 15 Dec 2007
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Location: Denmark
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:10 am
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Forgive my ignorance, but what does it mean that it's been "tabled"? That's it's not going to be? In that case, why not just say "canceled"?
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crilix
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:23 am
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In this case, it would be best not to say anything, especially since that blog post has been removed. Thanks for spreading further confusion without waiting for official sources.
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Nebs
Joined: 19 Jul 2003
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Location: University of Illinois
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:28 am
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As long as they mention the post was taken down, what's the harm in telling us? I for one appreciate up-to-the-minute news (even if it's not confirmed yet) rather than no news, thank you.
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nargun
Joined: 29 Mar 2006
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:35 am
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mulrich wrote: | Forgive my ignorance, but what does it mean that it's been "tabled"? |
Varies significantly by dialect, which is why it's not an ideal form to use in international use.
ANN is a north american site, so it's using the usual meaning in north american english "to halt the enacting of some proposal". In this case, the plans for airing the TV series look to have been indefinitely postponed, maybe [or maybe not] cancelled.
I don't speak that dialect; my native dialect is australian english. In my dialect, to table something is basically to propose it; almost the complete opposite of the north american meaning. This is the usual meaning in "commonwealth english" forms [which excludes canadian englishes, amusingly enough]. We'd say "shelved" for the meaning here.
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dormcat
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:37 am
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crilix wrote: | In this case, it would be best not to say anything, especially since that blog post has been removed. Thanks for spreading further confusion without waiting for official sources. |
If Obama's campaign website suddenly disappears and his Senator page has removed everything about "presidency," I'd say the entire world would be reporting it. The disappearance of 801-chan's anime website and on publisher's website are nowhere as important, so only ANN carries it.
(dormcat dodges tomato thrown by Obama's fans)
Hey if I don't use this extreme yet hypothetical example I don't think crilix would understand.
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mulrich
Joined: 15 Dec 2007
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Location: Denmark
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:58 am
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nargun wrote: |
mulrich wrote: | Forgive my ignorance, but what does it mean that it's been "tabled"? |
Varies significantly by dialect, which is why it's not an ideal form to use in international use.
ANN is a north american site, so it's using the usual meaning in north american english "to halt the enacting of some proposal". In this case, the plans for airing the TV series look to have been indefinitely postponed, maybe [or maybe not] cancelled.
I don't speak that dialect; my native dialect is australian english. In my dialect, to table something is basically to propose it; almost the complete opposite of the north american meaning. This is the usual meaning in "commonwealth english" forms [which excludes canadian englishes, amusingly enough]. We'd say "shelved" for the meaning here. |
Thanks for the explanation.
English is my second language, Danish being my first. Here in Denmark, we are taught British English in school, but due to television and movies, most Danes wind up talking some kind of weird hybrid of British and American English.
I strive to speak British English, though.
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Teriyaki Terrier
Joined: 26 Mar 2008
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:21 am
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I can't say I am surprized at all though. This idea from the begining looked bad.
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reversethief
Joined: 11 Dec 2007
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:34 am
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Really? I was looking forward to this show myself. It all seems very dramatic, disappearing like that!
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marie-antoinette
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:50 am
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[quote="nargun"]
mulrich wrote: |
I don't speak that dialect; my native dialect is australian english. In my dialect, to table something is basically to propose it; almost the complete opposite of the north american meaning. This is the usual meaning in "commonwealth english" forms [which excludes canadian englishes, amusingly enough]. We'd say "shelved" for the meaning here. |
Actually, that's how I would use "tabled" and "shelved" as well, so it looks like it does include Canadian English as well.
It's been changed now so it's all clear, but yes, I was a bit confused about the wording as well since tabled would usually mean that the anime had been proposed, while the rest of the news article made it clear that it was the other way around.
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Richard J.
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:53 am
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Hope this isn't a sign of there being a problem at KyoAni itself.
The plot for the series sounded a tad. . . odd, even for anime, but it is unfortunate to see any series suddenly being thrown into limbo. Hopefully whatever is going on is something simple that will get worked out and everyone can get what they want.
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Viga_of_stars
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
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Location: Washington D.C. in the Anime Atelier
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:05 am
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Aw. I was looking forward to this. Too bad.
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minakichan
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:10 am
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I was interested in watching this, but I have to admit it's pretty niche. I mean, it's not even really BL or anything anyway, right?
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domino
Joined: 25 Nov 2004
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:10 am
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I hope this isn't true. This is the upcoming show that I've been looking forward to the most..!
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Myaow
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:07 am
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Shame. I was looking forward to KyoAni breaking out of its rut of Unlimited Sequels Works and doing something not related to a current franchise.
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narutoismybrother
Joined: 10 Aug 2007
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:15 am
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And the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya will come out instead! WOOHOO! *bubble pop* Dang! That was a nice dream too.
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