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| Lordofspeech, we don't... | |
| Posted by: andPeggy 11:06 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
| In reply to: re: At Home with Diane Paulus - lordofspeech 05:24 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
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| ... say gypped anymore. Yell at me all you want. BURP! |
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| re: Lordofspeech, we don't... | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 11:19 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
| In reply to: Lordofspeech, we don't... - andPeggy 11:06 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
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| Thank you. I'm not sure what the BURP meant. Maybe you were having dinner when you posted? Anyway, I got it. "Gypped" is a word derived from when "gypsies" were thought to be a people who swindled and hoodwinked and took payment for less than satisfactory goods. And I just wasn't conscious of that. Shoot. I like the word, "gyp," but I guess it can be retired. I could say "taken" or "taken for a ride." Is the word "gypsy" also off-limits? Esmeralda the Gypsy. Lots of legend about gypsies stealing babies. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, and my apologies to any....Bohemians (?)....my word choice offended. |
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| re: Lordofspeech, we don't... | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 01:58 pm EDT 08/13/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Lordofspeech, we don't... - lordofspeech 11:19 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
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| "my apologies to any....Bohemians (?)....my word choice offended." Technically, Roma or Romani, though we don't tend to hear that word used outside of Europe, where there is still a significant (and stateless) Roma population. |
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