[ SECRET POST #2421 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2421 ⌋

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[tabaqui]

Up until about...fifteen years ago, i'd say, maybe less, i didn't even *know* of another word for Romany - gypsy was the only word i knew. When i was a kid, that just meant - those people who move around a lot. And 100 years ago did it in cool carts with horses, and sometimes they read your Tarot.

[truxillogical]

Oh, way less than fifteen for me. Like, five, maybe. It's one of those words that I have a hard time really conceiving of as a slur, because to kid-me, it was just really cool. (Kid me kinda loved Hunchback of Notre Dame and other old stories with gypsy characters--who were never referred to as Romany in those.) But then again, my Dad still occasionally reminds us that when he was in high school and played sports, a particularly well-executed maneuver would be called a "n***** move" (as in, I suppose, black athletes were all so skilled?) and that it was a term of praise that no one in his circle back then would've thought of as offensive, but yeah, not really something anyone would be comfortable saying today.

I wouldn't say "gypsy" in on the same level, again, because of cultural history in America, but it's a word I'd rather be careful with, I suppose.

[tabaqui]

When i was a kid, i wanted to *be* a gypsy. Or an Indian. I loved the romanticized version of gysies as these people who sang and danced around a bonfire at night, all mandolins and tambourines, and the women all got to wear layers of wonderful skirts with ribbons in their hair and they were all so pretty and dark and magical and they had *horses* and traveled around and were probably part elf or something....

But then, i grew up in the seventies - everything was a little trippy then. *snerk*

[(Anonymous)]

lol I wanted to be one because one of my favorite songs growing up was Cher's Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves...of course that song didn't exactly make it seem glamorous so idk why I wanted it

[tabaqui]

Heeeee!

Oh, man, CHER. I wanted to look like Cher so much. The fact that she was half Indian made her a million times cooler, besides which she was/is so gorgeous.... All that *hair*....

The Sonny and Cher Show - staple of my childhood evening tv viewing, a definite family event.

[(Anonymous)]

I remember being really excited when I saw the episode where they guest starred on Scooby Doo, haha. I'm pretty sure I cried buckets when Sonny died

[tabaqui]

Man, how *didn't*? They were so awesome together, and he seemed like a sweet man. Watching Cher give the eulogy at his funeral is heartbreaking.

[nyxelestia]

I don't have much experience with this, but from what I've seen, "gypsy" is one of those words that's sitting on a borderline of some people/Romani finding it okay and some finding it offensive. It's kind of like how some people identify as queer and will call themselves and others queer and may even encourage the usage of that word in a positive light, and yet many others still think of queer as only an insult and hate that term. Or, for a more up-to-date one, it's a lot like the "person of color" thing - a lot of us have grown up with that being nothing but an insult, while for others it's a neutral term and as such they have started to encourage it's use, especially in fandom. (Though whether it's just supposed to be for black characters and people, or for all non-white characters and people, I STILL don't know. -_-)