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Michael Kay scripsit:
> I didn't perceive any slight at all. Just a linguistic inaccuracy. To
> Len, I am a foreigner or a non-American (and proud of it). I am no more
> "international" than he is.
"International", like "remote", is a relative-to-self adjective. From
Boston, Perth is remote (indeed, the most remote city); from Midland, W.A.,
Perth is anything but remote.
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