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03-23-2003, 06:11 AM
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 ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0]Rom/Roma/Roman/Romany [/quoteost_uid0]He's Latin and Ferengi as well?[/color ost_uid0]
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03-23-2003, 08:40 AM
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ost_uid0]Rom - ROHMRoma - ROHMA Roman - roh-MAAN Romany - ro-MAH-nee It comes from a Sanskritic word. From Merriam-webster.com: Etymology: Romany, married man, husband, male Gypsy, from Sanskrit [i ost_uid0]domba, doma[/iost_uid0] low caste male musicianNo Roman as "someone from Rome." :P ~Nan[/color ost_uid0]
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03-23-2003, 09:42 AM
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ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0]Etymology: Romany, married man, husband, male Gypsy, from Sanskrit domba, doma low caste male musician[/quote ost_uid0]I know *that*, I just don't know why it took you three tries to spell the whole word :P[/color ost_uid0]
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03-23-2003, 02:25 PM
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ost_uid0]So CAESAR and ROMAiNe salad aren't related to each other?[/colorost_uid0]
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03-23-2003, 10:04 PM
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ost_uid0="Captain Galactic"][color=#000000ost_uid0]Please, please, [iost_uid0]please[/iost_uid0] don't call me a gypsie. Every time I hear that word, I think of that creepy guy from [iost_uid0]Choclat[/iost_uid0]. Please don't make me think of that awful movie... At least [iost_uid0]I[/iost_uid0] hated it. :swear:[/colorost_uid0][/quoteost_uid0][color=#000000 ost_uid0]Aww, I [iost_uid0]loved[/iost_uid0] [iost_uid0]Chocolat.[/iost_uid0]And Johnny Depp plays a mean jazz guitar.[/color ost_uid0]
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03-24-2003, 01:52 AM
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ost_uid0="Sa'ar Chasm"][color=#000000ost_uid0]I know *that*, I just don't know why it took you three tries to spell the whole word :P[/colorost_uid0][/quoteost_uid0][color=#000000 ost_uid0]No. "Rom," "Roma," "Roman" and "Romany" are all names the Romanian gypsies have used to refer to themselves. :PNan[/color ost_uid0]
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03-24-2003, 02:44 AM
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ost_uid0][quoteNo. "Rom," "Roma," "Roman" and "Romany" are all names the Romanian gypsies have used to refer to themselves. :P[/quoteost_uid0]Ahh, but "Romania" is derived from "Roman." I have no idea what that proves.[/color ost_uid0]
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03-24-2003, 06:37 PM
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ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0]Ahh, but "Romania" is derived from "Roman."I have no idea what that proves.[/quote ost_uid0]It proves that "Romania" is derived from "Roman". The moron next to me wants to put a smiley or two in, so here goes... :lol:  :O  ost_uid0]
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03-24-2003, 11:52 PM
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[quote
ost_uid0="Sa'ar Chasm"][color=#000000ost_uid0]Ahh, but "Romania" is derived from "Roman."I have no idea what that proves.[/color ost_uid0][/quoteost_uid0][color=#000000 ost_uid0]I would think, like "Germania," "Slovenia," "Britannia," and "Yugoslavia," the "ia" comes from a traditional feminization of land titles in accordance to the traditional indentification of the earth as being female, i.e. motherland. Like Gea.Just a thought. ;P Nan[/color ost_uid0]
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