<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Alan, thank you so much for posting that link. I've been completely ignorant about the Romani people, and after reading that brief article I plan to learn more.<div><br></div><div>Richard</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 30, 2015, at 6:36 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<pre wrap="">Pleas could you clarify how you intend to pronounce "gyre"?
I have been saying "gyre" with a hard "g" as in "give" or "gimble".
But if it is related to "gyrate" then maybe people are using a soft "g" and
making it sound like "jire".
Which do you use? Thanks.
By the way, I am still having major problems with understanding why the word
needs to be changed. "Gypsy" is not inherently bad.
Just Google, say, "gypsy pope" and you will find countless articles in
countless papers and other media (including Vatican Radio) referring to
"gypsies". Are they and the pope all racist? And that is just one example.</pre></blockquote></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><blockquote cite="mid:00a301d11357$2465aa20$6d30fe60$@contrafusion.co.uk" type="cite">
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Here's an article from 2003 about a guy who was at the time the
official international ambassador of the Romani people to the United
Nations, which seems pretty close to being an official spokesperson.<br>
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