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On Apr 11, 2006, at 7:10 PM, Dave Rosen wrote: Right, sorry, Henry. Feeling a bit pedantic today... Dave ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: Life imitating art
My point was the most wanted Mafia chief in Italy was caught in Corlleone, and the irony in that. Of course Vito was named after the town he came from, as you said it was quite common.
Henry
The Poster Mint
In a message dated 4/11/06 1:06:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
That's why Vito Corleone was called Corleone, because that's where he came from.
There's a famous scene in The Godfather that shows the orphaned Vito arriving at Ellis Island as a child and the immigration officer mistaking the town he came from for his family name, thus he ended up being called Corleone.
This was actually a fairly common experience for immigrants who arrived at about the turn of the century. Their names were either incorrectly recorded or else they changed them as part of starting a new life in America.
Dave
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----- Original Message -----
From: Henry Mazel
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: [MOPO] OT: Life imitating art
>>PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) - Bernardo Provenzano, the undisputed chief of the Sicilian Mafia who had been on the run for more than four decades, was arrested on Tuesday while hiding in a farmhouse near Corleone in Sicily.>>
You can't make this sttuff up.
Henry
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