Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Judgemental Views

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Do old men knit?     ----- Original Message ----- From: authfriend To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 6:24 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Judgemental Views --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote: > > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote: <snip> > > > "Tacky" generally means "in poor taste."  Other > > > uses, according to my dictionary, are "cheap > > > showiness," "lack of style," and "lack of good > > > breeding" (in connection with behavior). > > > > > > So it really isn't a vanilla/chocolate sort of > > > term; if used to describe the decor of someone's > > > home, it's an implicit putdown of that person's > > > taste (or of anybody's taste who likes the decor). <snip> > > > > Just don't like the style and by implication the > > taste, in this particular instance, of the person who > > decorated it. But this says nothing about the person > > themselves! > > And yet you said you would not say to the Dimick's face "your house > is tacky!". Why the reservation if its clear that your words don't > have any implication or tinge of disparaging the designers or > owners? > > Because you would not say it to their face I think makes the case > that the word "tacky" does indeed have a disparaging flavor, or at > least some might interpret it that way, including the Dimmicks. Peter may not have meant it that way, but in its dictionary definition, and in common usage, the term is indeed disparaging--not just "I don't like their taste" but "Their taste is inferior." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.