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Cakes, biscuits or puddings
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Pure nutritious starch
Colour of a traveller
Cat got your tongueSmiling visages
Posh lodgings
Of no fixed abode
Colour of a traveller
Cat got your tongueSmiling visages
Posh lodgings
Of no fixed abode
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I have checked on the poliltical correctness of the term gypsy v romany (as in Romany Creams as applied to a brand-named biscuit, renamed from Gypsy Cream).
It appears that the term Romany is offensive to many nomadic or travelling communitites because it simply refers to the Roma people from South and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and the Middle-East. This would ignore other travelling communities such as the Pavee (Irish/GB/US), the Moken (sea gypsies of South east Asia) and any other community of nomadic people.
Therefore the renaming of the brand of biscuit erred in being unable to define the nature of nomadic peoples. The term gypsy, I know for a fact, is racist as it refers to the perceived attributes of Egyptian travellers eg swarthy skin, and should not be used as a generic or blanket term for travellers. However, I used the term as it is a commonly used term for home-made biscuits and the term refers to the colour of the biscuit and hence its seemingly exotic appearance. Therefore the usage is complimentary rather than detrimental and not racist at all. I would never post a racist term at all.
It appears that the term Romany is offensive to many nomadic or travelling communitites because it simply refers to the Roma people from South and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and the Middle-East. This would ignore other travelling communities such as the Pavee (Irish/GB/US), the Moken (sea gypsies of South east Asia) and any other community of nomadic people.
Therefore the renaming of the brand of biscuit erred in being unable to define the nature of nomadic peoples. The term gypsy, I know for a fact, is racist as it refers to the perceived attributes of Egyptian travellers eg swarthy skin, and should not be used as a generic or blanket term for travellers. However, I used the term as it is a commonly used term for home-made biscuits and the term refers to the colour of the biscuit and hence its seemingly exotic appearance. Therefore the usage is complimentary rather than detrimental and not racist at all. I would never post a racist term at all.