Re: Language-based humor

28 Oct 2005 22:52:40 +0800: Lee Sau Dan
<danlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

>>>>>> "Marc" == Marc Frisch <marcfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> >> Or the Franglais one: De quel couleur a ete le cheval blanc de
> >> Napolean? Gris.
>
> Marc> I don't get it. Any hints, please?
>
>Maybe, "un cheval blanc" is an idiom that means something other than
>just a white horse?

In Dutch, we have a special word for them: schimmel. Many of such
horses are not at all white, some are.
http://www.travel-tours-galicia.de/ausritte-zu-pferd.html
http://www.das-spanische-pferd.de/Pferdemarkt/Hengstfohlen_zu_verkaufen_025/hengstfohlen_zu_verkaufen_025.html
http://www.sandiegotherapists.com/schimmel.html
http://www.oyla.de/mitglieder/xaliw007/

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