Well, since all current humans decended from a common
ggggggggg....mother in central Africa, you are both "off".
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tazarmfune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
> [web1913]:
>
> Gypsy \Gyp"sy\, n.; pl. {Gypsies}. [OE. Gypcyan, F. gyptien
> Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See {Egyptian}.] [Also spelled
> gipsy and gypsey.]
> 1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally
> from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are
> now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain,
> England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling,
> horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. {Bohemian}, {Romany}.
>
> Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose,
> Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. --Shak.
>
> 2. The language used by the gypsies. --Shak.
>
> 3. A dark-complexioned person. --Shak.
>
> 4. A cunning or crafty person [Collog.] --Prior.
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"
> <shempmcgurk@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine
> <salsunshine@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Egypt actually.
> > >
> > > Sal
> >
> >
> >
> > Nope. India.
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/~patrin/history.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Feb 17, 2006, at 9:32 AM, shempmcgurk wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Oddly enough, Chopra looks very much like a former
> friend
> > > > > of mine, whose mother apparently was an almost
> full-blooded
> > > > > gypsy...
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Not too odd.
> > > >
> > > > Gypsies, apparently, originated from India...
> > >
> >
>
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