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From: [email protected] (Deepak Chhabra)
Subject: Re: Mogilny must be benched.
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In article [email protected] (Sam S. Wong) writes:
>> About 4 or 5 weeks ago I read in the Toronto Sun a quote from Alex; it
>> went something like [sarcastically]:
>> "Yep, Patty's the man. He's responsible for the team's success...I'm a
>> nobody around here."
>How can you assume it was a sarcastic remark?
>For someone whose first language is not English, I would interpret
>that comment to mean that he believes Pat is the MVP on the team and that
>he is just one of the other normal players. Quite modest I might say.
Well, I don't recall assuming anything, except perhaps that the columnist
who reported the incident was telling the truth i.e. the sarcastic impression
came from _him_ (Steve Simmons?). Besides, to my knowledge Alex has a pretty
fair grasp of the English language...and his recent comment after the Detroit
game would indicate that this remark _is_ what I think it to be. Very low.
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