Re: Victorian boink?

Mark Brader:
And I assumed Sara was going to Melbourne. "Victoria boink" would be
for BC.

Sara Lorimer:
Wait a sec. Why is "Victorian boink" wrong, anyway? It's comparable to
"German boink" instead of "Germany boink" ...

Because in Leftpondia we don't use that construction with anything
smaller than a country. Sam the Record Man was a Toronto institution,
not a Torontonian institution. They're California oranges, not
Californian oranges.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "For want of a bit the loop was lost..."
msb@xxxxxxx -- Steve Summit
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