Jan wrote:   
      
   > In article <0001HW.C8AE98DC008BE02CB01AD9AF@news.eternal-september.org>,   
   > Amy Guskin says...   
   >>   
   >>>> On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:26:03 -0400, Jan wrote   
   >>(in article ):   
   >>   
   >>> In article <0001HW.C8AE47F80078EAC4B01AD9AF@news.eternal-september.org>,   
   >>> Amy Guskin says...   
   >>>>    
   >>>>    
   >>>> There's always Wolf's deli, or Katz's for pastrami or corned beef on   
   >>>> rye. I   
   >>>> haven't eaten red meat in years, but I hear they still do it great at   
   >>>> both   
   >>>> those places.  (Stage and Carnegie are overrun by tourists at this   
   >>>> point.)   
   >>>>    
   >>>> Amy   
   >>>    
   >>> HEY!  I are (or will be) a tourist!  Don't I deserve good food, too?   
   >>> Especially   
   >>> since I won't be there long enough to go to my fave Italian restaurant   
   >>> in the theater district. <<   
   >>   
   >>Huh??  What'd I say?!  No reason to "HEY!" me when all I'm doing is giving   
   >>good advice to travelers!  You *do* deserve good food and a pleasant   
   >>eating   
   >>experience, which is why I recommended Katz's.  Even aside from the food   
   >>itself, there won't be a line out the door and around the block, as there   
   >>probably will be at Stage and Carnegie.   
   >>   
   >>Sheesh, it's not like I said something *bad* about tourists!   
   >>   
   >>Amy (misunderstood!)   
   >    
   > Sorry.  'Overrun' is seldom used in any kind of complimentary manner these   
   > days (IME, IMO). 'Crowded' with tourists I'd've understood better.   
      
   Now, had she said "tourons" (a semi-common word 'round these parts), you'd    
   have had cause to be somewhat miffed.  :-)   
      
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