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Started by Korea, March 10, 2009, 06:24:26 AM

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Tamas

Quote from: Josquius on April 25, 2025, 04:32:10 PMToday I learned....


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy,_Roma_and_Traveller_people_(UK)

This is the term for this umbrella grouping.
Previously I'd heard the term gypsy was a bit weird and offensive to use but the explanation in this makes sense.
Gypsy = Romani origin people who've been in the UK for centuries.
Roma = more recent Romani immigrant who take offense at the term gypsy as its a slur back home.

So the Hungarian context to this is that Roma was introduced in the 90s due to the whole gypsy ("cigany") is a racial slur thing. It has never gotten past the "use roma in polite/formal conversations" stage among the general populace in my experience.

PDH

Just call them by their proper title: Hungarians.
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crazy canuck

Video of people in Barcelona when the electricity was cut.

Oh my God, we should cut electricity for a few hours every day

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJAdHraqexR/?igsh=MXVoeW0zcnc3OHFnag==

Zanza

It was rather relaxed in Granada too. Big props to the Spanish for not freaking out or rioting. Everybody just got a beer and chilled.



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Your inlets are deep, damn.
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