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.