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Article #4527Re: FUNNY LANGUAGE-RELATED ANECDOTES
From: John Smith
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:41
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:41
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John Varela wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:22:34 UTC, "Tough Tonto" <wire@delight.com> wrote: > > > During a trip to Europe, the French complained to George Bush about > > their sluggish small-business sector. Later he told an advisor: > > "The trouble with the French is they don't have a word for entrepreneur." > > You probably think that really happened. You probably think it's funny, and > you doubtless think that the French have a word for "entrepreneur". > <...> > There isn't any, that's the point. You'd have to use a phrase based on the > word "innovateur", maybe "innovateur industriel" or "innovateur > commercial". I think in some French dialects it means "jelly donut," doesn't it? \\P. Schultz
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