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

[hls_ut -at- comcast -dot- net]

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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