Re: CHAT: the gay Canadian (was: "have a nice day")

Jeff:
> On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, John Cowan wrote:
>
> > Matt Pearson wrote:
> >
> > > Matt.
> > > the (expatriate) gay Canadian
> >
> > After picking on Dirk's "anymore", I think it's time to pick
> > on Matt's "the" above.  Just what does it mean?  There doesn't
> > seem to be any definiteness here, unlike "The Gr[ae]y Wizard".
>
> He means, "the gay Canadian on this list," as he is assuming there are no
> other gay Canadians hereabouts.  He's probably right -- and he's probably
> the only gay Canadian because he is an expatriate.  The rest are probably
> blue Canadians, sad about the exchange rate.
I thought Christophe was a gay Canadian too. (It sounds very dashing, doesn't
it! Like the name of a cavalry regiment.)

--And.