[Tango-L] The spread of tango

[Alexis Cousein]

On 10/06/2011 04:45, romerob at telusplanet.net wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> The translation of Ballroom in Spanish is Salon. Therefore, Tango de Salon
> translates into Ballroom Tango.
>
Literally, yes. But terms like "Tango de Salon" and "Ballroom tango"
soon acquire secondary meanings that are more important than the
literal one (especially "Ballroom", which tends to mean something
different from just merely 'danced in a ballroom').

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballroom_dance

As you can see, "Ballroom Tango" as introduced in the UK
is a very different (and very narrow) animal from "Tango
danced in ballrooms in BBAA".