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Expresso: do we say gypsies, Roma or Rroma?

Saimir Mile, president of the 'La Voix des Rroms' (The Voice of the Roms) association in France, says that the European media should spell Roma like the people themselves do. First in our 'expresso' series launching common linguistic bones of contentions

by saimir mile @ // 17/09/08

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Expresso: do we say gypsies, Roma or Rroma?

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