The Times 27726

[TioMateo]

A tiny detail at the end...... "Is this person a foreign ally?" (3) A?I

I originally put in an L to give ALI, not having given it a great deal of thought, but felt ALI was an Arab (foreign) name and was similar to ALLY (though not a homophone).

I now think it's more likely to be AMI which, though a French (foreign) word, appears in English dictionaries and is used in English speech.

What do other people think?

[aelmpvw]

ami is french for friend

[dannyk13]

Am i (is this person)

[TioMateo]

I didn't actually need to be told that ami is the French for friend.

But, thank you dannyk13 for identifying the part I had missed which confirms the answer as ami.

[aelmpvw]

you wouldn't be the first that didn't know that Tio