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Re: Gipsy Museums ??
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Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Aug 2001 12:24:50 -0400
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I believe the term is "Romany" not Roma.

>I believe the people who are often called "Gypsies" prefer to be
called either Roma or Sinti, as they are two distinct groups.
"Gypsy" (plural, "Gypsies") is a misnomer, dating to circa 1627,
that falsely implies an Egyptian origin of these people.
Additionally, it has become the source of derrogatory terms and
phrases that ought not be mentioned.  Cultural sensitivity is
never an error . . .

Sincerely,

Jay Heuman

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