Mortimer
Gold Member
the word "gypsy" i think its not offensive per se, but people are quiete ignorant about the meaning of "gypsy" and its usage is quiete controversial in serbian its called "cigan" and in german "zigeuner" once i was in a restaurant with a few coworkers and one guy said as a kid i have been a "zigeuner". that means he was bad behaved as kid. the usage is controversial i prefer to be called romani or "rom" for that reason and because "rom" is a ethnic designation and "gypsy" is often ignorantly used to describe a travelling lifestyle as irish travellers are also called "gypsies" and some others.
what do you make out of this, do you think we should call gypsies rom, romani etc. do you respect that many dont wish to be called gypsies or you think because its tradition in english language they should be called gypsies?
what do you make out of this, do you think we should call gypsies rom, romani etc. do you respect that many dont wish to be called gypsies or you think because its tradition in english language they should be called gypsies?