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Robert Lieblich wrote:
> 
> moonman3@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >
> > Evan Morris wrote:
> 
> > > Attack of the literaloids. The bit about "anyone know any?" was a
> > >joke.  J O K E.  Hahaha.  Remember?
> >
> > Nice try, but this tact is usually reserved for the clueless.
> 
> I learned to use "tack," meaning a particular course, literally if one
> is sailing, metaphorically in contexts such as this.  But I have heard
> "tact" used so often that I think it justified to take the temperature
> of the group.  So . . .
> 
> Who says "tack"?  Who says "tact"?  Comments along with answers are
> welcomed, indeed expected.

I, too, know the difference between Effective Sailing and Miss Manners. 
I'm not sure that either applies in this instance.  Could "tact" in this
this usage be a contraction of "tactic"?

OTOH, upon rereading it, my irony detector just went off.  Perhaps it's 
intended to be read "...this [lack of] tact is usually reserved for the
clueless".  

-- 
regards
-rrk

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