From: (Anonymous)	Date: 11. Janvāris 2007 - 22:17		(Pastāvīgā saite)

The English term Gypsy (or Gipsy), originates from the Greek word Αιγύπτοι (Aigyptoi), modern Greek γύφτοι (gyphtoi), in the erroneous belief that the Roma originated in Egypt, and were exiled as punishment for allegedly harboring the infant Jesus. This ethnonym is not used by the Roma to describe themselves, and is often considered pejorative (as is the term "gyp", meaning "to cheat", a reference to the suspicion the Roma engendered.)

	From: chimera	Date: 11. Janvāris 2007 - 22:23		(Pastāvīgā saite)

a, lūk, kur tā sāls! paldies :)

From: marta_trauma	Date: 11. Janvāris 2007 - 22:29		(Pastāvīgā saite)

This ethnonym is not used by the Roma to describe themselves, and is often considered pejorative (as is the term "gyp", meaning "to cheat", a reference to the suspicion the Roma engendered....
māte bija "nepieklājīga" un teica čigāni. bērns "izglītotāks" tāpēc zināja tikai romus. tā, manuprāt. bet es varu arī maldīties. (vilkt paralēles ar kartupeļiem un tupeņiem laikam nav vis pareizi šajā gadījumā, bet kaut kas uz to pusi).

From: marta_trauma	Date: 11. Janvāris 2007 - 22:30		(Pastāvīgā saite)

	From: chimera	Date: 11. Janvāris 2007 - 22:33		(Pastāvīgā saite)

o, dubultpaldies.