Re: FUNNY LANGUAGE-RELATED ANECDOTES

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From: v.Munchhausen
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 01:15

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John Smith wrote: the flwg 

> 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

There is no such thing as a "jelly donut". They are Bismarks.

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From: "v.Munchhausen" <William82@tightshoes.com>
Subject: Re: FUNNY LANGUAGE-RELATED ANECDOTES
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