RE: A technique to get on development's good side

Subject: RE: A technique to get on development's good side
From: hls_ut -at- comcast -dot- net
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 19:36:27 +0000


Yes, I know, these discussion can feel subjective and someone always comes off sounding like a pompus idiot. Sign me up! ;-)

That said, Googling gaff versus gaffe reveals that gaff primarily has various
maritime definitions, for parts of a sailboat or a specific tool for grabbing
bouys or doing nasty things to fish, with no references to it as an alternate
spelling for gaffe.

I like all my pigeons to be in their own holes, so in my personal dictionary,
they will always be two different words.

Happy Friday!

--------------------hls_ut -at- comcast -dot- net

> Gaffe #2: Gaff should be gaffe. They are two different things.
> --------------------hls_ut -at- comcast -dot- net
>
> gaffe also gaff ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gaf)
> n.
> A clumsy social error; a faux pas: "The excursion had in his
> eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good
> taste" (Mary McCarthy).
> A blatant mistake or misjudgment.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> [French, from Old French, hook. See gaff.]
>
> Source: The American Heritage(r) Dictionary of the English Language,
> Fourth Edition
>
> Before correcting, one should consult.
>
> That was the reason for my trepidation when posting to this list.
>
> Socrates was correct in assuming that poets take what is given to them
> by the gods and use it as license to judge all.
>

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