Thread: Полисемия и Международная Политика

In Spain there is a village named "Estepa", from Latin "Astapa", famous for producing "mantecados" a lardy cake well known.
The Spanish word for степь es "estepa".
A Russian emsemble of choirs and dances came to Spain and was in a town far from the mentioned "Estepa". The Mayor of the town where were the Russians and who (the Mayor) according to what the Chronicles say had a level of instruction that didn't allow him to make a difference between "Los hunos" (The Huns) and "los unos" (the numbers one) went to greet the Russians and kept with them the de-freezing following talk:
M.: So you are from Russia, insn't it?
R.: Да, да (Oh, yeah)
M.: Is there the "Estepa", isn't it?
R.: Да, да (Oh, yeah)
M.: What a marvellous "mantecados" have you over there !!!!
R.:
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I wasn't present at the scene, but "Si non

I am sorry, but the joke is lost on me... I think it is lost in translation... What does the huns have to do with it?

The Huns have nothing to do with with the joke, it only explains the very low level of instruction of the Mayor.