Posted by Griff on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/script-from-Sound-of-Silence-tp1514037p1514047.html

Hi,

It's interesting that you bring up the subject of "Gypsies", as when I was a child in the UK, being called a "Gypsie" was a very derogatory term. Today (I believe) there are two camps:

True Gypsies (Western and Middle-Eastern travellers, Gypsie is a shortened form of Egyptian, as they were 'forced' out of their country, and traveled wherever they could, and were welcome seeking work and a place to be...) These folks prefer to disassociate themselves from:

Travellers... people "out of the system" who travel around in groups, and stay for short times on common land. Their reception is mixed in the UK, although they are recognised, and able to use public services to varying degrees. I have made a GROSS simplification about both parties, but I think you get the idea.

Griff

--- In [hidden email], "Bruce Sherman" <brucesherman@...> wrote:
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> ok, if British kids played cowboys and indians because of watching american movies, and if they played those games when they were young, that makes sense
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> Being European, worrying about trespassers, I thought they would think gypsy's were on their land, and I say that watching old Europeans movies.
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> I never wanted to say this was a ill joke or political correctness at all. Just seemed odd.
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> Bruce