I took a deep breath and prepared to rip into them.
Instead…I just said “I am a Gypsy.”
..picked my phiribe up a notch or two….
and kept walking.
I am going to try to keep up with this, because I want us all to take part!! I am not fluent in Rromani, but I am conversational and I would like that to change.
From what I know, the dialect of Rromani that I am familiar with is either Bugurdzi or Arli (Kosovo) dialect. I…
Another word we have for sleepy is sovauno..or..according to romlex its “sovavno” but..to me it sounds like sovauvo? Maybe I am wrong. Anyway…id like to read up on why there are so many Rromani dialects and how they came to be what they are. Do you know any books that discuss things like that? Like…
How do you go from lindralo….to sovavno? Lol. Those are like two totally opposite ends..but then we have cino, khino, etc that are exactly the same!? I know that Serbian is sooo similar to Bugurdzi and Arli. Some of the words are exactly the same.
Well, I guess we just picked up words from surrounding dialects, all while keeping and maintaining many of our own…all across the board.
I am going to try to keep up with this, because I want us all to take part!! I am not fluent in Rromani, but I am conversational and I would like that to change.
From what I know, the dialect of Rromani that I am familiar with is either Bugurdzi or Arli (Kosovo) dialect. I apologize I am not entirely sure which.
Today, I am very tired and sleepy! So I will choose the word “tired.”
Umorno!
Tired is ‘umorno!’ (oo-more-no).
*I often use ‘umorno’ to describe being VERY tired. So, as a side note I will include ‘sleepy’ which is khino (kh-ee-no).
In my dialect, there are two words for “light-skinned Rroma”.
Pharnavi - which means both grandmother and a “white” or “light-skinned” Rromani woman.
Themni - which means a foreign or strange woman, a non-Rromani woman, or a “white” or “light-skinned” Rromani woman.
So, even within my…
We use the word ‘svetlo’ to mean like…lightness in color. Or fair…but it also means light (color wise) for anything. A strange woman…is not used interchangeably with light skinned, that I know of. Since, strange woman is musafri. Musafri or tudzo…same difference kinda?
According to ROMLEX these words fit with Bugurdži Romani.
Bugurdži Romani belongs to the Balkan dialect group, more specifically the Northern Balkan group, sometimes also refered to as Drindari-Kalajdži-Bugurdži group. Bugurdži Romani is mainly spoken in Macedonia and Kosovo. Names also used to refer to this dialect are: Rabadži, Arabadži, and Kovač(k)i. The Bugurdži Romani glossary in ROMLEX consists of data from Macedonia and Kosovo.
Oopsie I meant to reblog this one. But I found the romlex!!! Yeah it seems like the words I speak or know are a mix of Bugurdzi and Kosovo Arli. Soo crazy!!!
In my dialect, there are two words for “light-skinned Rroma”.
Pharnavi - which means both grandmother and a “white” or “light-skinned” Rromani woman.
Themni - which means a foreign or strange woman, a non-Rromani woman, or a “white” or “light-skinned” Rromani woman.
So, even within my…
What website is this!? My family history is both Serbian and Hungarian (I speakm MUCHHHH better Serbian than Hungarian)…so I can understand Kosovo but I always thought my family was from Vojvodina….maybe they just moved there? Hmm…I gotta read this website!!!
In my dialect, there are two words for “light-skinned Rroma”.
Pharnavi - which means both grandmother and a “white” or “light-skinned” Rromani woman.
Themni - which means a foreign or strange woman, a non-Rromani woman, or a “white” or “light-skinned” Rromani woman.
So, even within my…
We use the word ‘svetlo’ to mean like…lightness in color. Or fair…but it also means light (color wise) for anything. A strange woman…is not used interchangeably with light skinned, that I know of. Since, strange woman is musafri. Musafri or tudzo…same difference kinda?
other cop says “these people” and “gypsies” to describe the victims and the neighborhood. olivia benson lays the smack-down.
There are a LOT of issues with this episode.
but this is not one of them
I am Rroma. I am džuvli (woman). I am dej (mother). I am pharnavi (light-skinned Rroma). Si ma god’i (I am intelligent). I am kadoři (strong and capable).
[In my dialect the word for strong is male (zuralo), but when it becomes female (zurali) it means a very strong brandy or other alcohol. So,…
::CLAPS!!::
Love, love, love!
first of all, what in the actual fuck is a white souled gypsy gadje? what sort of fucked up racial colour coding is that?
second of all, what is this bullshit obviously made in some factory to be sold to other gadje that tokenizes buddhism that you are putting in my gypsy tag?
jesus. it’s like ten levels of appropriation here.
Murti’s dont really “tokenize” Hinduism or Buddhism. Theyre damn near an essential part of worship (puja).
dressing like a Gypsy woman for the while ;)
ooh! racist costumes!!!!
HOW EDGY OF YOU.
What is ‘Gypsy’ about this? Just curious.
So there is a big “gypsy camp” as it is called around here, that is near me in Spiro, OK. Some of my followers who live near me may know what I am talking about. I believe they may be of Romani descent, after doing a small bit of research. But that could be completely wrong, I have no idea what…
Romanichels or Irish Travellers, quite possibly a mix of the two. We have quite a few Irish Travellers around here, same surnames, who were responsible for one of the largest insurance frauds in the nation. It was insane. Happened a couple years ago and it was all over the news. BUT thats not the point, lol. I might be wrong, but it seems like, in the USA, that Irish Travellers are more represented than Rroma? As a Rromani woman I know I hear of, and encounter more Irish Travellers (who are now Scot-Irish Americans).
There are also Irish Traveller groups in Norman OK, and quite a few in AZ. Down here, they live in Georgia and the Carolinas mostly.
Sometimes when I get really bored I dress up as a gypsy fortune teller.
Sometimes when I get really bored I go through the gypsy tag and look at all the racist representations of my ethnicity.
But, of course I can’t say anything about them, because then I’m being angry, or reverse racist.
There is nothing cute, funny, or ‘entertaining’ about this picture.
sometimes i like it when gadje step the fuck off and sit the fuck down and take that stupid racist bullshit off.
Sometimes when I am bored I like to make gadze cry. But, I honestly have nothing for this photo. It is just too stupid and the person in the photo? Beyond idiotic.
I just got this constructive criticism (hate mail) from golden-zephyr (yellow insubstantial one).
I want to thank you for the knowledge you have passed on to me. I did not know that gypsy was actually a race and not a life style! That is really horrible because I think that everyone should be able to choose their own life, like me - I choose to be gross.
Also, a correction to your comment. I never accused the Roma people of being alcoholics, actually I accused myself of that - did you even read my post?
Although this blog is absolutely adverse to being politically correct I will make an exception and create a new “theme.” I’m doing this because I want all of my avid readers (I know you are not just some random blogger who avidly follows the “gypsy” tag on tumblr) to be happy. It will be called “The Roma” and will deliciously detail all of my favorite encounters with The Roma (not gypsies).
I have so many good ones, I can’t wait.
Well, fuck. It’s Passive-Aggressive Friday!!
That’s what you call hate mail? I asked you to change the way you write about Rroma and you call that hate mail? WOW. Aren’t you the privileged person?!
Your sarcasm (if that’s even what it is), is pretty crappy. I mean, I never even said anything about gypsy=not a lifestyle.
And, actually, you said the alcohol was in a bottle of coke and was mostly whiskey (sorry, I’m paraphrasing). You also said it came from gypsy children. What the fuck else would this imply other than gypsy kids are wandering about getting wasted? Did YOU even read what you wrote?
I’d rather you just quite writing about Rroma altogether. Obviously you have nothing but hatred for them.
ugh.
I tried to go through her blog. I really, really tried. But, all I kept thinking was: “yawn, hipster dribble…hipster dribble….oh, look, hipster dribble poorly disguised as less than halfway decent writing, more hipster dribble…tl:dr.”
karing, bîršînd del… (brishanilla so much!)
unmorno i nasvalo. veoma unmorno. me mangela brisim (birsind). brisimalo atkha hem.
