I wonder when the euphemism treadmill will kick in and "Romani" also becomes a slur. That's the thing about well-earned reputations: "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," and a criminal who goes by an alias to avoid their past catching up with them is still the same old scumbag.
isn't "romani" some bullshit name the eu forced on people?
Romanians hate it
no, other than there are a lot of gypsie settled in the country. gypsies are nomadic ethnic Indians that wandered into European countries.
Romania wants to change the name of that ethnic group to tigan.
Also, gypsy is also used to refer to travelers in general.
The meaning of Romanians is they're descended from Romans.
It's like with the neighbouring Hungarians and the ancient Huns.
I wonder when the euphemism treadmill will kick in and "Romani" also becomes a slur. That's the thing about well-earned reputations: "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," and a criminal who goes by an alias to avoid their past catching up with them is still the same old scumbag.