ext_17191 ([identity profile] wordplay.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] wordplay 2006-11-10 03:30 am (UTC)

Dude, it happens. How much contact do most USAmericans have with the Rom on a regular basis - why would we think about this? I didn't realize this till grad school, when one of my profs was flying back and forth to DC to represent Romani interests on the US Holocaust Memorial Council. My moment of horrified realization didn't come in front of him, THANK GOD, but still - A WORLD of *facepalm*

Besides, welshing on a deal? Dutch courage? We are a vile, vile people and it's all there in the idioms, waiting to ambush us.

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