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... > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/