Name: Anonymous 2010-08-22 4:56
post: Another tact you could try, is to let the buyer know that you only accept Local Pickup from International Buyers, and ask when he plans on coming by to pick the item up. Be sure to specify to them, that you only accept cash in US dollars.
reply: The word is either 'tactic' or more probably you meant 'tack', not 'tact'. The distance of 'k' from 't' on the keyboard seems to preclude a pardonable typographical error. More fuzzy thinking or etymological ignorance.
'Going about onto the other tack' is a nautical expression from sailing days. It refers to changing course at intervals to make headway against an adverse wind.
response: Not up on American slang? Tact is what I meant. ... Yet my skills were sufficient to teach High School, College and Technical School students, all of which I did without ever having gained a Bachelor's Degree.
I could care less about your link, since around here slang is whatever term is in use at the time. Perhaps your dictionary isn't quite up to date.
But you have proven annoying enough to join the other would-be bullies.
reply: The word is either 'tactic' or more probably you meant 'tack', not 'tact'. The distance of 'k' from 't' on the keyboard seems to preclude a pardonable typographical error. More fuzzy thinking or etymological ignorance.
'Going about onto the other tack' is a nautical expression from sailing days. It refers to changing course at intervals to make headway against an adverse wind.
response: Not up on American slang? Tact is what I meant. ... Yet my skills were sufficient to teach High School, College and Technical School students, all of which I did without ever having gained a Bachelor's Degree.
I could care less about your link, since around here slang is whatever term is in use at the time. Perhaps your dictionary isn't quite up to date.
But you have proven annoying enough to join the other would-be bullies.