Re: OLIVE Skin ??

From: Kenrae <kenrae_at_f9owG5PY4wt_eTgHoPpOl306FCIbyfi3sIEqz9kK4MEOu_qrEtpWa9abOeD2MqgrGAibc>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 13:03:10 +0100

Maybe it's because we use olive oil :P.

Cheers,
  Sergi "orlanthi" Díaz

2012/1/8 Trotsky <TTrotsky_at_xYL5UJHOJkfAJt4aVL7TDJmhzN7J0CQk6CiywnMC0yS1qdlkp02wrdGI2XRgdjGA4DKXAT4CCSNGzEbBsNQVHTE.yahoo.invalid>

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> hcarteau_at_4NxGnPih6TwQmsm1t5uwygEFxmZRkia3GDlEejgaL_1jcB7_IJTQCnHSctpWQUC42rA9QCOJh_d6PA.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):
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_%28color%29#Olive
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_skin
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