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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Gypsies traditionally move about a great deal which is why there are few countries without at least a token population. Although it could be no more than a misspelling, ‘Roamany’ could be an eggcorn as it provides appropriate imagery while remaining a homophone of the original.
Turns out that we originated from roamany Gypsys. I think I might leave this office and get back to my roamany ways. jammin | 8 Mar ‘07, 11:37 | Send note …
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I have since found that the word “stir is Roamany in the context of “Stir crazy”, resulting from time in jail.Of the above “nark” as in “coppers nark” and …
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2.2.1997 Ústà nad Labem Three skinheads, V.D., born in 1981, M. S., born in 1982, and J.M., born in 1980, physically attacked a nineteen year old Roamany …
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Roamany is in fact a tenth century Prakrit (a North Indian language, either derived from Sanskrit or parallel to it). and many gypsey traditons are mirrored …
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I love the first one, where its adjectival sense is so strong.
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