Pikeys

Currently being debated in alt.usage.english.

"Pikey" is a loathsomely racist word
for Gypsies. It's
far more offensive than "nigger".

It's used a lot around here, so is it used in a racist way? I think we use
it here to mean cheapskate, don't we?

 

Gypsies aren't a race

 

It's that use here, although i rarely use it. I prefer ****, bastard & ****.

They say it so much better.

 

You may not wish to believe that but in English Law they are. See
Commission for Racial Equality v Dutton
O'Leary v Allied Domecq 2000 which are summarised at
http://www.yourrights.org.uk/yourri...nd-travellers/racism-and-discrimination.shtml

 

The common usage of "pikey" on UKRM is to mean either a traveller/gypsy
caravan dwelling type or someone poor and to be looked down on.

They're defined as an ethnic group.

Incidentally, my old Oxford school dictionary includes "number of people
related by common descent" as part of the definition of "race".

 

Thats the way I use it, Champs taste in coffee for example, makes him a
pikey ****.
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(EMFSYSI) "cutre"?

 

http://www.yourrights.org.uk/yourrights/rights-of-gypsies-and-travellers
/racism-and-discrimination.shtml

The Roma are certainly a race. Nobody's going to convince me that every
Guinness-sucking 'tard with a cheap van equipped with a tow hook for
half-inching the nearest horsebox is de facto a member of a different
ethnic group, though.

 

They are tramps

 

Domènec escribió:

That's what I mean, yes.

 

Er...no they aren't. The problem is that many people have no understanding
of the many and sometimes major differences between Roma, Romany Gypsies,
Irish Travellers, Showmen (or show-people) and tramps.

Roma are Romany Gypsies who have entered the UK comparatively recently -
usually as a result of having to flee persecution in their countries of
origin. The "indigenous" Romany Gypsies in the UK can trace their roots
back to their arrival in the 1500s. They speak Romani, which originated from
Sanskrit spoken in India.

On the other hand, Irish Travellers have been around since the 1100's and
originally spoke a language called Shelta.

Show-people are those who run travelling fairs. Whilst they travel and live
in caravans they often have no connection with either Gyspsies or Irish
Travellers.

Tramps are the itinerant homeless who sleep rough.

HTH

 

it's used on here when people really mean "chav".

 

AOL

 

It's used by some with real teeth clenched bitterness.

 

On here, never.

 

In other news - did you withdraw Croatian Kuna from cash machines easily
enough?

 

Apart from when it's being used to describe someone living in
Bradford.

 

No-one lives in Bradford, they merely exist

 

No probs in Opatija in 2005. Loads of places happy to swap euros or GBP for
kuna too. Mastercard & VISA were widely accepted in the hotels & petrol
stations.

 

Paul - xxx escribió:

I did. See above.