Gypsies Vanner

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• Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why does the title contain a slur?

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  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_horse

    It’s the name of the breed of this horse.

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    • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I did edit the title. My phone turned gypsy into gypsies and I didn’t notice right away lol

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    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      also known as Romani Cob

      And the Romani (and g*psy) both refer to the Romani people, so even in this context it’s a slur

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  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Phone autocorrected Gypsy to gypsies. Fixed the title. The horse breed is called a Gypsy Vanner, though. Idk why.

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    • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Gotchya.

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    • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      IIRC it’s because it was a breed originally cultivated by the Roma.

      I think there’s a push among some folks to get a name change on the books, not even to a name based on Roma, it was something else entirely I think related to the moustache

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  • Cadeillac@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Genuine question and I learned a lot from you asking it

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• numberfour002@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is this making me hungry all of a sudden?

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