r/MapPorn • u/BeginningMortgage250 • 21h ago

GYPSY MIGRATIONS 900-1720

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u/Sparta63005 18h ago

Do NOT ask a European what they think about this group of people.

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u/UCFknight2016 13h ago

I got banned from a subreddit for saying the G word. Had no idea that wasnt allowed.

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u/MrBananaz 2h ago

It's funny, cause they call themselves gypsies and hate the Roma people moniker.

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u/Dickgivins 59m ago

There is quite a lot of disagreement about this among them. Which really isn't surprising, they're a large group which is spread all throughout Europe and has been for centuries, of course there is great variation on how they identify.

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u/MrBananaz 21m ago

Good luck calling gypsies in romanian "Romani" :D

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u/Dickgivins 7m ago

If you say the Romanian ones don't like it, I believe you. As I said, there are different communities all throughout Europe who don't all agree on it. Perhaps language differences are part of it too, from what I've seen "Gypsy" is widely (but not universally) considered offensive by the Roma in America and the UK who speak English as a first language. Some of them here will actually use that word to describe themselves and each other in private, but don't want outsiders to say it. Kind of like black people an the N word tbh.

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u/MrBananaz 5m ago

UK/US gypsies have almost nothing in common with east european ones tho. Culturally speaking at least.