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Originally Posted by abaya
I suppose this is a kind of threadjack, but then again it's my thread, lol...
For some reason this conjures up an image of Brad Pitt in the movie Snatch... anyone see that? I had no idea what language he was speaking... and couldn't figure out what the hell he was supposed to be in the movie. A British gypsy? Now it all comes together... I think.
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The two groups are closely related. If I remember correctly, the Irish Travelers in both the UK and the US are related to the Roma (gypsies) of Southern Europe, so all 3 groups have some big commonalities.
The US ones are generally not viewed very kindly where I grew up, and a childhood friend of mine was completely convinced that they stole his bicycle when they left town. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't, but he held a grudge into high school against all Travelers.