[Tango-L] Social Tango: A Cultural Perspective

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Vos is also used by Ecuadoreans, at least in Quito. It's a contraction of 
"vuestra merced" or "your mercy".

Manuel



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>From: "astrid" <astrid at ruby.plala.or.jp>
>To: "Christopher L. Everett" <ceverett at ceverett.com>,        "Tango-L" 
><Tango-L at mit.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Social Tango: A Cultural Perspective
>Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:20:16 +0900
>
>
>Argentine Spanish has evolved
> > very independently of Spanish in the rest of South America.  No other
> > country
> > uses "vos", for example.
>
> >From what I know, "vos" is not really an independent form of Spanish that
>evolved in Argentina but rather a leftover of the Castilian language from
>another era, that was brought over from Spain.
>Maybe like the Germans living in some enclaves in Russia speak a form of
>German that was used in Germany a hundred years ago, and evolved
>independently from there.
>
>Sergio?
>
>
>
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