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

From:Jeffrey Henning <jeffrey@...>
Date:Thursday, March 2, 2000, 20:26
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. Best regards, Jeffrey Henning http://www.LangMaker.com/ - Invent Your Own Language http://www.Jeffrey.Henning.com/ "If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed.... Oh, wait, he does!"