30 Oct
2015
30 Oct
'15
11:18 p.m.
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.
Richard
On Oct 30, 2015, at 6:36 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
On 10/30/2015 2:08 PM, John Sweeney via Callers wrote:
> 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.
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.
http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2003/romani.html
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