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[changeling]

My sister just came into my room and said something about things poking through her window. Qué?? I'm not sure she was awake.



Which Member of the Endless Are You?

Well, I'd hope so.



We all knew that Miranda was a Gypsy once, but I didn't know Al went on the road with her... *snickers*

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[dark-prophet.livejournal.com]

Gypsy? *perks up* me grnadfather was a gypsy, seriously cool people...

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Do you know anything about them? I doubt it'll come up in the book, but it may...

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[dark-prophet.livejournal.com]

Some, my grandfather taught me a little and his remaining brother, but he was reluctant to say too much, he wanted me to forget my heritage, he was from Poland in the 1940s, he had some bad memories and thought being a gypsie was too dangerous for his family.

I know some traditional gypsie spells, mode of dress and some of szygiani. As well as basic traditions, such as cleanliness, Rom are obsessed with cleanliness, especially bodily fluids. Even speaking of them (blood, saliva etc) is crude and rude.

I think I still have grandfathers talith

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

That's pretty spanky. I wish I had an interesting heritage. :)

[nys.livejournal.com]

yeah sorry about that. It's one of those moments where I do crazy things that i remember, but seem to make sense at the time. I think it came out of a weird dream i had and I got freaked out.
I have weird sleep patterns.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Yeh, I figured you'd just woken up and was a bit confused. It was a bit odd though. I figured it was just a dream when you were telling me about something coming through your window.

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[dark-prophet.livejournal.com]

He wouldn;t talk of it much, given that he had to flee from a concentration camp and all. Besides his remaining family won;t talk much to me, gah, I'm just another gaje to them.
But it is cool...

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Gaje? Is that non-Gypsy?

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[dark-prophet.livejournal.com]

yup, like gorgio but slightly less offensive (not much less though there doesn;t seem to be any REAL nice ways to say non-gypsie in Szygiany)

Of course my great-uncle's youngest calls me "prala" which is brother, or sometimes male kinsman, or even male rom at times, (until he was told not to) but it was still cool :)

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

That is very cool. :)

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[dark-prophet.livejournal.com]

Extremely but still, I'm not goiung to be welcome at any firedances for a while :)

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Will you ever?

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[dark-prophet.livejournal.com]

I have been to one actually... but no, the chances of going to one are slim to say the least.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

That sucks.

I don't really get along with most of my relatives either, but that's mostly because they leave two states away and are lazy bogans.

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[dark-prophet.livejournal.com]

heh, I don't get on with mine because of eternal family politics... unfortunately, they DON'T live miles away.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

That kinda sucks...

There's not really too much politics going on in our family...at least not that I'd know about. They just wouldn't lift a finger to save us from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, to steal a phrase from the delightful Douglas Adams.

When I first met Liam's cousin, the first throught I had was "I wonder how long he's staying in Melbourne?" It simply didn't occur to me that some people have relationships other than extremely long distance with their cousins. Liam's cousin in question doesn't even live a suburb away from him.