Re: "Tack" or "tact" (was Re: NYC Slang Needed for Newspaper Column)

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From: Tom Ritchford
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 00:00

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

This "tack" as in direction;  it's an idiom.

"Tactic" would also be a possibility I suppose but I think
e meant tack...

"Tact" cannot possibly be correct.  Clueless people have no
tact, almost by definition!

--
    /t

Tom Ritchford                        tom@mvision.com

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From: tom@mvision.com (Tom Ritchford)
Subject: Re: "Tack" or "tact" (was Re: NYC Slang Needed for Newspaper Column)
Date: 1997/06/24
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