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posted by
MsJudy
on November 20, 2010 at 9:08 PM
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Very interesting kabu!
posted by
Nita09
on November 20, 2010 at 9:03 PM
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My mother was always terribly fascinated by the tales of the gypsies in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) as told her by her mother and grandmother.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 20, 2010 at 4:39 PM
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I had no idea that there's a connection between Romani Gypsies and dwarfism....I'm waiting eagerly for the next installment, Kabu.....Mal
posted by
gapcohen
on November 20, 2010 at 1:21 PM
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A young woman student at SIU when I was taking classes there
spoke to our philosophy class one day. The class was "Issues in Feminism," and her particular issue had to do with the word "gypsy." I had always connected it to something exotic and mysterious, fortune tellers, people who played music and told stories by firelight and traveled in caravans. And when Mama reached the end of her rope with us, and threatened to give us to the Gypsies, I remember wishing they'd come by and get me.
The student told of oppression, of townies throwing rocks to drive them away. Gypsy, she said was a slur, a bad word. We are Roma, she said. I was sorry to learn a word I'd always thought of as symbolic of adventure and a kind of glamor, was taken as an insult. If I were strictly PC in my mind, I'd erase Gypsy and pencil in Roma. But I can't help thinking of Gypsies in whirling skirts, gold earrings, free souls who laugh and dance around a campfire.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 20, 2010 at 5:52 AM
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And I suppose little people met little people and they had littler people. Very interesting Kabu. Ahem' not any Romany blood in your veins perchance. Only I had this flash of you dancing around a camp fire a rabbit on a spit and fiddler sitting on the caravan steps, perhaps it was my Aunty.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 19, 2010 at 11:41 PM
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This is absolutely fascinating, a captivating informative blog. Kudos!!
posted by
mariss9
on November 19, 2010 at 9:20 PM
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Dear Kabu
You write the neatest stories. I have missed you so much. You look so great in Wiley's pics. Many Blessings
posted by
skye08
on November 19, 2010 at 8:32 PM
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Kabuiepie-;)
There is a bit of the gypsy fairy in you darlin' and I can't wait for the rest of this heart warming tale as only you can write it.
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 19, 2010 at 8:32 PM
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I've always been a Gypsy at heart
LOL was even told that I had a past life as one...not sure about that but I do know that ever since I was a small child I had fantasies of being a gypsy and traveling from town to town. Ah the romanticism of a young girl...I still have that wanderlust that drives me.
But now has come the time for this gypsy to find her home, settle in and scare the hell out of the locals! 
posted by
Bel_
on November 19, 2010 at 8:29 PM
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You have me hooked on their story with every word.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 19, 2010 at 7:57 PM
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Kabu
This is so very interesting, I am looking forward to the next one. Go see what happened to a letter I received from you today I posted... Love you so!
posted by
Justi
on November 19, 2010 at 6:46 PM
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The Romani people are still looked upon with suspicion today. Perhaps failure to adapt could be the contributing factor.
posted by
dizzilizzi
on November 19, 2010 at 6:37 PM
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Kabuski - you speak so wise of the 'little people' ~ oh my Queen - I am all heart and h'ears' ~ Elyse
posted by
elysianfields
on November 19, 2010 at 6:25 PM
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I love you.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on November 19, 2010 at 6:11 PM
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