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And yet I am strangely drawn to reply to this.

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 20:36:52 -0400, Robert Lieblich <lieblich@erols.com> 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 use both.  "Tack", I usually save for sailing; kinda goes with 
screaming out "hard-a-lee" before the swinging main boom and main sail 
clobbers any unsuspecting sailors in the head.  But I could see using 
it to refer to some one who when faced with head on conflict flounders 
but can't overcome the obstacle.

"Tact", (I believe) is the correct usage above, and means that Evan 
Morris is lacking diplomacy, subtlety, refinement, poise, polish, 
finesse, grace, style, and savoir-faire.


David Nixon

DC - E Pluribus Unix