Thanks for this. 

On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 19:55, Keith Whaley wrote:
> The use of the title "former mayor" is correct, Frits. . .
> So long as he's not the current mayor, he is a former mayor - so that
> would apply to Koch as well as Mr. Giuliani..
> Just like my "former wife."
> The former wife I still talk to prefers that title to "ex-wife" for some
> reason!  <g>
> 
> keith whaley
> 
> Frits W�thrich wrote:
> > 
> > I thought Giuliani was the former mayor of NYC, or is it correct in
> > English and it can be anyone who had the position in the past, not just
> > the last one?
> > 
> > On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 14:44, Steve Desjardins wrote:
> > > There is a great story that the former mayor of NY Ed Koch went into a
> > > restaurant   (one sunny day).  Another patron walked up to him, poked
> > > him in the chest and said "you were a terrible mayor".  Ed promptly
> > > relied in a loud voice "**** you", to the applause of the rest of the
> > > restaurant.
> > >
> > >
> > > Steven Desjardins
> 
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