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Adding on here. this also transfers over to Aussies as well where I work has a big range of people with different job types and I can say with certainty all of the tradies (construction, carpenter, labouring class) who come in have the thick Aussie accent that you hear in a lot of movies with the token Australian character.
However those who work in office jobs or never been around the accent simply don’t have it, I know this because I don’t but when I’m around my friends who do my own accent gets thicker and more slang comes out. Didn’t realize it was a working class thing. Good to know.
why are british people always so mad when people make jokes about their accents. sorry you say yewchube. it’s funny though innit
🦅 A (simplified) GUIDE TO THE HAWK LADIES 🦅
have you ever wondered what the difference was between all the confusing main hawk ladies? have you ever wondered what the deal was with the hawks and their origin? about which origin-- space cop, or reincarnating soulmates-- was the real one?
then look no further than this guide to them! big thanks to @/SIM0NJESS on twitter for the help.
if you have any more questions, feel free to ask!!!
Reblogging, boosting, saving it for later. This page is literally a lifesaver and I once again recommend you all check it out if you are writing a Peaky Blinders fanfiction like me or would like to learn more about Rroma/Romani people.
Hi! So I'm but sure if you've answered this before, I've just found your blog but find it interesting, especially since I'm trying to write stuff for Peaky blinders. I was wondering if you could tell me your take on the use of the word "gypsy" when writing. Because I know it is very controversial and a lot of people say not to use it because it's offensive. And I was just wondering if you could explain why, because I grew up in the US and am not really familiar with the culture and it wasn't really anything I grew up hearing about. So I was just wondering if your could maybe explain why people consider it a slur because I'm really am not sure. I don't want to me rude or anything it's just something I'm genuinely curious about. Because I've seen some people say they think it's offensive and some props say they think it's rude. I was also wondering your take on possibly using it in a Peaky blinders fic, because I think in the shot the Shelby's have use it a few times to describe themselves or when just they're being referenced or because I've heard it was used more in that time. And yeah. I know that was kinda ramblly and I'm not sure if it makes sense but I was just curious on your take about it. You totally don't have to answer though!!! Thanks for reading this!
Hey! I have answered this before, but I'm more than happy to answer it again so thank you so much for this question.
History lesson first:
The word "gypsy" has a few origins in relation to Rroma, so I'll go through the ones I know and work through them.
The first one I'm aware of is the idea Rroma individuals come from Egypt. Many were unsure of our origin but knew we had "strong" features and darker skin. These traits are due to us originating in South India. So the first meaning of the word I know us gypsies from Egypt, which is factually incorrect.
Another reason I'm aware of is the breakdown of the words - to gyp means to steal (or in some definitions to gamble). Throughout history, Rroma as a group were deprived of recourses. Many of us were involved in slavery in Eastern Europe for 400 years, and others were sold in the Atlantic Slave Trade to the Americas (leading to the group Afro-Romani).
If you deprive a group of people of the basic necessities to live, they're going to bargain to get them, maybe even steal. During these times in history, we were known for stealing food and fabrics from richer members of society. Therefore, gaining us the name "gypsies"
It's also important to factor in other ethnic groups that also use the name "gypsy" when in referral to themselves:
1-We have Irish Travellers, to start, who are not Rroma. Irish Travellers are from Ireland and are a whole other ethnic minority. People often confuse Irish Travellers with Rroma due to their similar nomadic lifestyle. Irish Travellers allow themselves to be called gypsies as it was a self-given title centuries ago, inspired by the Rroma definition of gypsy.
2-We also have English Travellers, who are often confused with Romanichal. In England, people are often confused with the difference between English Travellers and Romanichal - and so was I (in full admittance) when I began educating myself on the different types of travellers.
While there are marriages and cultural similarities between English Travellers and Romanichal, they're not at all genetically or historically linked. English Travellers come from Cromwellian times. The English Travellers also have their own views on the word gypsy, and doesn't have any historical nor offensive connections to them.
3-British Romany "Gypsies". British Romany Travellers are a very specific type of Rroma. British Romany Travellers have been in England since 1515 when Rroma began migrating to Europe after their migration from India. They're the descendants of Romany migrants who emigrated from India - therefore, the meaning of the word gypsy to them is in relation to the British's (is that a word?) idea of them coming from Egypt.
4-The Romanichal (Romanichal Travellers) are a Romani subgroup in England and other English-speaking countries. These are not English Travellers as they are descendants of the Rroma who once lived in India. Most Romanichal speak Angloromani - which is a mixed language that blends together both Romani vocabulary and English syntax.
There are around 400,000 Romanichal worldwide, 200,000 living in the United Kingdom, 164,000 living in the United States and the rest living in South Africa, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
5-Kale (Welsh Roma). The Kale are a group of Romani people in Wales and are often descendants of Abram Wood who was the first Rom to live in Wales in the 18th century. There are around 700-1,000 Kale members of society and speak their own version of Welsh Romani.
6-Romani (also spelt Romany or Rromani depending on where you come from). Romai people live in predominantly Europe and there are around 2-12million worldwide (shocking 10million confusion I know). The language you speak as a Romani person depends on where you live, where your ancestors lived etc as there are hundreds of Romani dialects.
NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION!
The short answer to your question, which I probably should've put at the start and not the end, is please do not use the word gypsy when relating to travellers as for all "gypsy" groups there is a more specific name used in regard to them.
The word gypsy (also seen as gipsy) is rather ambiguous in dialect use as it doesn't specifically shown who you are in referral to. While some communities such as Irish and English travellers deem the word okay to use, the vast majority of the Rroma community do not.
The word gypsy in reference to the Romani community has connotations of illegality and is known as a racial slur. In 1971, the world Romani Congress unanimously voted to reject the use of the word gypsy due to the stereotypes associated.
The word gypsy was used against the Romani community during significant human parts of history - the Holocaust, the Romani slave trade and the Atlantic slave trade.
HOWEVER
It's also important to keep in regard the use of the word, are you using it to write an 1800s piece? Is your story or piece of text historically accurate, and to use the phrase "Romani People" would be historically inaccurate as that isn't what we were called then.
Are you writing a piece that highlights the issues behind the word, where you aren't calling Romani people it, but instead highlighting the wrong in it.
Are you taking from a place in the early 1900s where Romani people called themselves Romani gypsies because that was the official documentation name given to us.
In summary:
Please don't go about calling Romani people gypsies unless in a historically accurate context.
I spent 20 minutes typing on this post, so thank you so much! I may have to open a window and I'm sweating like a dog in heat and need a break. You definitely gave me a lot of talking points (lol oops), but thank you for that also. All in all, I hope your answer is somewhere in this mess. 💗 May you have a blessed day!
Izzy 💓
I blame @artisticxlly for everything (based on this post here)
full images of Suna and Samu below.
It’s ridiculous how much I procrastinate…does anyone still care about valentines day???
And thank you to everyone for liking/commenting/reblogging my Ed Edd n Eddy stuff! I’m very reserved, so I tend not to reply often, but I’m hella grateful and humbled by the amazing fandom. ;w;
Funnily enough Boba Fett’s armor was supposed to be a supercommando armor but they were so overbudget that they only had the prototype that fit one guy. So painted the armor and used him as a bounty hunter.
has any character even come close to the sheer power of boba fett. fundamentally shaping an entire corner of a fictional universe because you were just that badass. inspiring entire cultures and millions of derivative characters from your thirty minutes of screen time. and you got eaten by a desert pit. incredible
Fun Fact: Orville doesn't have his pilot's license...I never knew that until today!
I just read that in Cuba in the 80’s they put up a statue of a cow that produced more milk than any other cow and i think that’s pretty neat.
Bonus Trivia Fact: the guy in the rat suit was arrested the night before they shot this scene for a DUI or something. He told the officer that he had to be on set the next day for a role. The officer asked what he was playing and he responded ‘a rat. The officer didn’t believe him and brought him back to the station. They had to bail him hout.
This got even funnier when I realized that to shoot it, essentially someone had to hurl a massive rat puppet at Cary Elwes.
Turned 30 nearly two months ago, married nearly a year, no children as of yet but we do want a little DefCon or three or five, we have a cat that doesn’t always get along with his parents’ two cats but it’s gotten better since they first met and I’m unemployed.
I boarded the Reylo Ship sometime between TFA and RO. I didn’t see it but Reylos started pointing things out and I stopped and gave the Ship some thought and saw that their arguments were valid and boarded it and haven’t really looked back.
One of my sisters, I have seven, who I talk to on a regular basis doesn’t believe in Reylo and because she isn’t impressed with the new movies isn’t going to watch them without someone else, me possibly, pushing her to watch with them.
How many other’s of the Reylo fam are 30 or older with jobs, kids, ect??? Just curious to see if I’m a minority and also to meet some people who are around my age that share my love of this awesome ship!
You wouldn’t think that flamingoes are extremophiles just from looking at them. It’s like somebody tried to build the vertebrate equivalent of that fungus that lives inside nuclear reactors, and ended up with a gangly pink dinosaur with a spoon for a face.
it's interesting how "ox" is just a word for any animal you can hook up to a plow basically
For anyone that posts art
By the way- it is available on mobile now. You can scroll down on settings and click visibility.
Make sure to turn this off if you don't want your stuff being used for AI garbage. You have to do this MANUALLY for every blog and it's only on desktop right now.
my "i don't need a rabies shot because i eat the vaxx-laced meatballs that fish & wildlife leaves out for the coyotes" shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
My own special seal of quality. It’s an Aleph for Amir which is spelt אמיר in Hebrew