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There are 6 messages totalling 184 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Lunfardo-MALEVO 2. Milongas in Istambul (2) 3. tango styles 4. Tango ad in Wired (2)


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Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:33:48 -0400 From: SERGIO <SERGIO @NCINTER.NET> Subject: Lunfardo-MALEVO An interesting question: What can you tell me about "malevo". Is it lunfardo? How would it be used? Is the L pronounced? Thanks Chas Gale, Denver, Colorado, USA Malevo is a word that appears in many tango lyrics. The word MALEVO means : Maleante, maligno, maton, pendenciero. Maleante: Hoodlum. Maligno: Spiteful, evil minded, wicked, vicious, malicious, malevolent. Maton : (there should be an accent on the o) Hoodlum, ruffian. Ruffian in French and Castilian means pimp in English this word also means: Boisterous brutal fellow. Pendenciero: Bully, Brawler, quarrelsome, rowdy. Malevo is lunfardo. The Spanish Royal Academy of Letters accepts words originated in other areas of the Ex Spanish Empire. So Malevo is accepted as an Argentinism meaning: Mean, evil doer, malevolent. This means that the word Malevo will appear both in a Dictionary of Lunfardo and a Dictionary of the Castilian Language. All the letters are pronounced in Castilian except for the H, and the U in combinations such as que, gue. Use: People would call somebody by his family name preceded by de attribute malevo. El Malevo Fernandez, El Malevo Munoz, etc. In reference to somebody with the above mentioned attributes. Malevo Munoz (should be Mun~oz, the~ on top of the n.)or Carlos de la Pua are literary names of Carlos Raul Mun~oz, the writer author of "La crencha engrasada" the most important literary work written in Lunfardo. It is written in verse. This work is an intelligent vision of the ethics, the deep ideology and metaphysics of the marginated human beings of Buenos Aires. La crencha engrasada - Crencha : Latin crinis hair, also the line that divides the hair. Engrasada: greased. As you can see Malevo could be used also as a nome de plume, a literary nickname.


Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 17:47:18 EDT From: Claude Dumont <CLDUMONT @AOL.COM> Subject: Milongas in Istambul Hi lister I nead for a friend wo make in 2 weeks a trip in Istambul some address of milonguas. Thank s for reply Best regards Claude, in BsAs


Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 18:36:25 -0400 From: Eugenia Spitkovsky <euginas @EROLS.COM> Subject: tango styles We were lucky to hear Ruben Milonga's video-lectures on the history of tango dancing and history of tango music. What a wonderful educational experience that was for tango community in Washington D.C.! Ruben showed us and explained different body movement, styles of tango (video archive he has is fabulous) as it evolved with the tango music. Highly recommend Ruben Milonga! Fabulous dancer and teacher, very intelligent and knowledgeable tango-anthropologist, Ruben has opened our eyes: why we dance the way we dance. Ruben's lectures cover a period of tango evolution between 1860 and 1960. Eugenia


Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 18:41:48 GMT From: Ricardo Tanturi <tanturi999 @HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: Tango ad in Wired A few days ago someone mentioned an ad in Wired featuring tango dancers. Could you tell me the date of the issue and the page number? When I was in NYC this spring they were shooting an ad that they said would be in Fortune. Is that the same ad? Has anyone seen it? Thanks, Ricardo ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com


Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 22:27:40 EDT From: Jack Karako <JKarako @AOL.COM> Subject: Tango ad in Wired It is the same ad. I will find out the issue date for you. I have seen the ad, it looks nice. they are my students , so I can not be very objective :) They are both professional ballroom dancers, taking up on tango. Jak www.bailatango.com In a message dated Tue, 23 May 2000 6:55:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Ricardo Tanturi <tanturi999 @HOTMAIL.COM> writes: << A few days ago someone mentioned an ad in Wired featuring tango dancers. Could you tell me the date of the issue and the page number? When I was in NYC this spring they were shooting an ad that they said would be in Fortune. Is that the same ad? Has anyone seen it? Thanks, Ricardo ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >>


Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 22:32:51 EDT From: Jack Karako <JKarako @AOL.COM> Subject: Milongas in Istambul Your best bet is calling Serdar Sungar , the organizer for Baila Tango in Istanbul when you get there at 0532 664 8836, for details. www.Bailatango.com/ist/istanbul.htm They have milongas on Fridays at Taksim Square, at Muhendishane on Mondays. And practicas on Wednesdays and Sundays. Have fun Jak www.bailatango.com << Hi lister I nead for a friend wo make in 2 weeks a trip in Istambul some address of milonguas. Thank s for reply Best regards Claude, in BsAs >>


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