Date:  Thu, 15 Feb 1996 08:26:58 +0100

From:  Fuencisla Garcia-Bermejo Giner <more[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUGU.USAL.ES>

Subject: Re: Dirty Jokes and Color Metaphors



In Spain such jokes are referred to as "green". A dirty old man is "a green

old man". We get "yellow with envy" not "green with envy"."Black humour"

refers to jokes about death (very frequent in our culture). If one gets

black, it means one gets very angry, however. One gets red when one is

ashamed.



Maria F. Garcia-Bermejo Giner

University of Salamanca, Spain.

More[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gugu.usal.es