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 :Aaah. I didn't realize it didn't have its own script...much less ""since most Romanies are illiterate"". Wow. I appreciate the bluntness there, really makes the starkness of the situation quite visible...for heaven's sake, people are always talking about what ""parasites"" the Romanies are, well how much use can they make themselves in the modern world if they can't even read? And how can they get the opportunity to get a decent education if they're so poor all they can worry about is where their next meal is coming from?!?! Somehow this never quite hit home before, but now it sure has and I'm furious!! Next time I hear some jackass taking a piss on the Romanies for all the ""usual reasons"", I'm either going to sock him one in the jaw (if it's a real-life encounter) or drop a large payload of F-bombs and other choice obscenities on him (if an on-line meeting.) (actually there's a specific obnoxious Hungarian blogger I'm thinking of...he'd better watch his fat mouth or else feel my wrath!) 

 :*tries to stop the steam billowing out my ears*....anyway, I hadn't realized that you actually took one of Prof. Hancock's coursesneat!! I may have to look for some of his books. Also, is ""Vlax"" (as in Vlax Romany) related to the word Vlach?  Review me?  "