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Re: NYC Slang Needed for Newspaper Column

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From: Brad Johnson
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 00:00
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Truly Donovan (truly@lunemere.com) wrote:
: moonman3@ix.netcom.com wrote:

: > Nice try, but this tact is usually reserved for the clueless.

: Are you sure you didn't mean to say "this clue is usually reserved for 
: the tactless"?

I think he meant to say, "Lookatme! I'm mister rude moonman!"

And the word he was trying to use is  "tack"

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From: bgjohnso@unix.amherst.edu (Brad Johnson)
Subject: Re: NYC Slang Needed for Newspaper Column
Date: 1997/06/24
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