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

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
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