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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Who names these things?!
Date: 17 Oct 2009 16:17:11
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_walks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botafogo_%28dance_move%29
[Wikipedia lacks an article for it, but trust me, there's one called 
"Cucaracha".]

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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Who names these things?!
Date: 17 Oct 2009 21:17:28
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_walks
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botafogo_%28dance_move%29
> [Wikipedia lacks an article for it, but trust me, there's one called 
> "Cucaracha".]

Never heard of a samba botafogo dance move before.  "Bota fogo" means 
"put on fire". :)

La Cucaracha, you certainly know the song, right?  Cucaracha is cockroach...


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Who names these things?!
Date: 18 Oct 2009 02:12:23
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Sometimes their inventors, sometimes the public.


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: Who names these things?!
Date: 18 Oct 2009 04:59:10
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_walks
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botafogo_%28dance_move%29
> [Wikipedia lacks an article for it, but trust me, there's one called 
> "Cucaracha".]

That's funny, because la Cucaracha is much more well known than the 
other two.

...Chambers


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Who names these things?!
Date: 18 Oct 2009 05:32:59
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nemesis wrote:

> Never heard of a samba botafogo dance move before.  "Bota fogo" means 
> "put on fire". :)

The article claims it's named after a town.

Given that there's a dance move called a New York, and another called an 
American spin, that's not so surprising I guess.

Remind me to never *ever* miss 3 dance classes in a row ever again... I 
turned up again afterwards, and they're like "OK, now let's do this 
dance", and I'm like "WTF is a Botafogo?! HELP!"

> La Cucaracha, you certainly know the song, right?

Um... no.

> Cucaracha is cockroach...

And the dance move involves rubbing your toe on the ground like you're 
squishing a cockroach. ;-)

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Who names these things?!
Date: 18 Oct 2009 06:03:55
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
> 

>> La Cucaracha, you certainly know the song, right?
> 
> Um... no.
> 

If you have ever heard a musical car horn. I bet you have heard it :)

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	Stephen


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