The Zincali, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain
The Zincali, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain
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The language which we allude to is the Rommany ; this lan- guage has been, in general, confounded with the vocabulary used among thieves, which, however, is a gross error, so gross, indeed, that it is almost impossible to conceive the manner in which it originated : the speech of the Gypsies being a genuine language of Oriental origin, and the former a little more than a phraseo- logy of convenience, founded upon particular European tongues.
It will be sufficient here to remark, that the Gypsie...s do not un- derstand the jargon of the thieves, whilst the lattar, with perhaps a few exceptions, are ignorant of the language of the former.
Certain words, however, of the Rommany have found admission into the said jargon, which may be accounted for by the suppo- sition that the Gypsies, being themselves by birth, education, and profession, thieves of the first water, have, on various occasions, formed alliances M'ith the outlaws of the various countries in which they are at present to be found, which association may PAUT m.] BOBBER LANGUAGE.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The language which we allude to is the Rommany ; this lan- guage has been, in general, confounded with the vocabulary used among thieves, which, however, is a gross error, so gross, indeed, that it is almost impossible to conceive the manner in which it originated : the speech of the Gypsies being a genuine language of Oriental origin, and the former a little more than a phraseo- logy of convenience, founded upon particular European tongues.
It will be sufficient here to remark, that the Gypsie...s do not un- derstand the jargon of the thieves, whilst the lattar, with perhaps a few exceptions, are ignorant of the language of the former.
Certain words, however, of the Rommany have found admission into the said jargon, which may be accounted for by the suppo- sition that the Gypsies, being themselves by birth, education, and profession, thieves of the first water, have, on various occasions, formed alliances M'ith the outlaws of the various countries in which they are at present to be found, which association may PAUT m.] BOBBER LANGUAGE.
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