Re: [tied] Romany

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 2861
Date: 2000-07-22

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From: "Danny Wier" <dawier@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Romany

...'Taught me the *gipsy-folks' bolee*;
Kind o' volcano she were,
For she knifed me one night 'cause I wished she was white,
And I learned about women from 'er!

(R. Kipling, "The Ladies")

I suppose Kipling means Wogri Boli, a Domari dialect.

Piotr