--- akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > I really don't see a problem with > > > > saying it was tacky. I just didn't like it. If > > > someone > > > > else liked it I certainly wasn't going to > argue > > > with > > > > them! I'd say, "Oh" and leave it at that. Two > > > > different preferences. > > > > > > Donning my editorial hat, because I suspect > > > this disagreement has to do with definitions: > > > > > > "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). > > > > > > (It can also mean "seedy" or "shabby," in which > > > case it may not be a putdown, e.g., if the > person > > > is too poor to afford anything better, but that > > > obviously doesn't apply here.) > > > > 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. Of course it can be interpreted this way. I don't like the style of a particular car, but if I meet a guy that drives and really likes that type of car I don't share my feelings with him. Why would I? He likes the car and I don't. My "tacky response" is just my reaction to that style. I know very little about Michael and nothing regarding his taste. You're personalizing this whole thing and frankly it's very silly. > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
