On Nov 1, 2015 3:30 PM, "John Meechan via Callers" < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > I have never heard the term gipsy used as a pejorative for Romany gipsies, in fact their national body is called the Gipsy Council. >
That might just mean it's an old organization. In the US the NAACP is a big national organization which stands for "national association for the advancement of colored people" but "colored people" is definitely not OK to use anymore.