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From: Stephen Arndt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 7:57 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: origin of the word figueta
So does Dante. See Inferno, XXV:2.
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From: howard posner [EMAIL
And in Russian figa is an obcene gesture of a masculine nature, consisting
of the thumb protruding between index and middle fingers in a fist. It is
famously depicted in a Dürer sketch.
It actually can be used for heavy strumming.
RT
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From: ml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
And in Russian figa is an obcene gesture of a masculine nature,
consisting of the thumb protruding between index and middle fingers
in a fist.
The fig in English is the same gesture. It comes up a few times in
Shakespeare.
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I forgot to explain that 'figa' is also a contemporary catalan word,
meaning the same as in spanish, italian, lunfardo, etc.
That 'fig' has many meanings has a visual base, of course.
And when we play the lute using 'figueta', our right hand approaches
the 'figa' gesture.
Manolo
El
So does Dante. See Inferno, XXV:2.
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From: howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: origin of the word figueta
On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
And in Russian
Oops. I meant that Dante uses the expression, too, not that Dante comes up a
few times in Shakespeare.
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From: Stephen Arndt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 7:57 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: origin of the word figueta
