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Old 08-02-2011, 05:07 PM   #11 (permalink)
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It is.
Sorry, I should have explained better.
All those Romany words were absorbed into the English language, initially as slang.
e.g. The Romany word for young boy is Chavvi.
The abbreviation of the word borrowed as English slang is, Chav.
Same for the others I listed.

Hope that's clearer?
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