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HelpRe: Roma?
in reply to a message by AlexandraRose
Roma = Gypsy
It's the name of a human ethnic/cultural group, so it seems kinda inappropriate to use it as a personal name.
It's the name of a human ethnic/cultural group, so it seems kinda inappropriate to use it as a personal name.
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I also agree with you on this. My great-great-grandfather was Roma. I'm proud to have even a bit of that blood. :-)
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"widely accepted"
lots of people have problems with it. Lots of people on this board.
Plus Gypsies are a pretty widely oppressed minority. It seems really patronizing to use their name as a cutecutenameformylittlegirl~!
...I also disagree with Lillian. Frank is more a reference to Francis, which does indicate a nationality but more of a nationality than a tribe. Norman came into popular use as reference to a surname which comes from the tribal name. German did not begin as a tribal name - Germany was named in reference to the Latin given name. Roman grosses me out a lot, but so do Dakota and Cheyenne, so there you go
OT I love your current favorites a lot. I need to start playing with Zimri some more. GREAT Zimri combo.
lots of people have problems with it. Lots of people on this board.
Plus Gypsies are a pretty widely oppressed minority. It seems really patronizing to use their name as a cutecutenameformylittlegirl~!
...I also disagree with Lillian. Frank is more a reference to Francis, which does indicate a nationality but more of a nationality than a tribe. Norman came into popular use as reference to a surname which comes from the tribal name. German did not begin as a tribal name - Germany was named in reference to the Latin given name. Roman grosses me out a lot, but so do Dakota and Cheyenne, so there you go
OT I love your current favorites a lot. I need to start playing with Zimri some more. GREAT Zimri combo.
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I said widely accepted because those names are relatively common. I am 1/4 Cherokee and not personally a fan of using names of ethnic groups, but there are too many little Dakotas and Cheyennes running around for me to get upset every time someone uses those names. So Roma--especially since it can be interpreted as a reference to the city of Rome (and thus likened to London and Paris more than Cheyenne and Dakota)--doesn't particularly bother me, either.
But don't get me started on people who butcher the spellings . Shyanne? That makes me angry.
Thank you! It's awesome that you like Zimri. ^_^
Edit: Haha, OMG. I had no idea Cherokee was in the database.
But don't get me started on people who butcher the spellings . Shyanne? That makes me angry.
Thank you! It's awesome that you like Zimri. ^_^
Edit: Haha, OMG. I had no idea Cherokee was in the database.
This message was edited 6/19/2008, 9:10 AM
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Also Frank, Roman, German, etcetera
I don't see that particular reason as being sufficient to dissuade from use of Roma.
I don't see that particular reason as being sufficient to dissuade from use of Roma.
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Agree
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