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Mandi never dik’d a gaujo to roker Romanes, pensa a Bengauler mandi once met in Derbyshire. We were jalin’ along the drom with our vardos, and I was the shorengro and mandi dik’d a moosh beshin’ apré a stigher, and his mooï was kaulo pensa Romani-chal, and he pen’d to mandi, “Sar shan, pal?” and I dik’d at lesti, and yov kek pen’d variso till some gaujos sar lenghi’s wardos had jal’d past, and then I said, “Are you a Romani-chal?” and he pen’d, “Kek, mandi shom a Bengauler. Mandi didn’t kom to roker aglál dula gairi,” and then we roker’d a bauro cheerus, and mandi jin’d sor yov pen’d. So you dik the Bengaulers can roker Romanes.

And a waver cheerus mandi was adré the Korengi-tém, and a kaulo moosh sas odoi adré a kitchema mendi atch’d at. He was holin’ kal-mauro and peein’ pobesko-livena. Kavakeí moosh dik’d at mendi a bauro cheerus. “Sarshan, pal?” hotchov—as it might be your kokero, rei, to-raati. “Sarshan, bor?” hotchov, “shan tooti Romani?” “Kek, I’m an Injun,” hotchov. “Does tooti jiness Romanes?” hotchov. “Our, pal, doova’s mandi’s nogo chib,” hotchov. And we roker’d ketnes a bauro cheerus; and he didn’t jin sor mandi pen’d to lesti, don’t you dikéss, rei, and mandi didn’t jin sor leski’s lavyáw, but mandi jin’d dosta.

—B.C. Smart, M.D., & H.T. Crofton:
The Dialect of the English Gypsies,
London, 1875.

adré — in aglál — before apré — on atch — stop bauro — big besh — sit bor — mate chal — fellow cheerus — time chib — tongue dik — look, see doova — that drom — road dula — those gairi — men (Gentiles) gaujo — Gentile

hol — eat hotchov — quotha jal — go jin — know, understand kal — cheese kaulo — black kavakeí — this here kek — no, not ketnes — together kitchema — inn kokero — self kom — love, like Korengi-tém — Potters' District (= Staffordshire) lavyáw — words lenghi — their leski — his

lesti — him livena — beer mandi — I mauro — bread mendi — we mooï — face moosh — man nogo — own odoi — there our — yes pal — friend pee — drink pen — say pensa — as, like pobo — apple raati — night

rei — sir roker — talk Romanes — Romany Romani — Gypsy sar — with sas — was shan — thou art shom — I am shorengro — chief sor — all stigher — gate tooti — thou vardo, wardo — cart variso — anything waver — other yov — he

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