Re: OLIVE Skin ??

From: Trotsky <TTrotsky_at_BEA7s6GuxJ3x1KidoHyTXDubjW756AErR3CHg5rKTbMDzvYzm0rEawJT5v9T7vr2DFm>
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:34:06 +0000


hcarteau_at_IwHQV94UrXXvcoT3JWCLPld5lbVKIFJkR5egAIG5xvctmb5J5whe_Ykytcwz1ziqOxImEeQc.yahoo.invalid wrote:
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> Just checking : in french, "olive" means "green", as in a, well, olive
> fruit. Never seen people with green skin except waertaegi.
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> Would this word "olive" have a different meaning in english ?
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Usually, no - it has exactly the same meaning as in French. Oddly, though, when referring specifically to skin, it means something rather different (as others have already said):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_%28color%29#Olive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_skin
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Trotsky
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