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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious (Post 4038680)

americans don't really know gypsies that's why

RUSSIANS FUCKING HATE GYPSIES

so it's kind of weird

it is unequivocally gross and it should be dropped from usage

yeah, I totally agree, it just worried me a bit because I had never made the connection between the term and gypsies before. I know that Roma hate is endemic in Europe. Interestingly, the dictionary says it is an Americanism.

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Originally Posted by sppunk (Post 4038687)

I'd wager that girl doesn't know what a gypsie is and is using it as a verb without knowing any connotation. I don't think we ever in school talked about gypsies.

It doesn't make it right but if you have no clue of the original connotation I can't hold it against anyone.

yeah, if you say something out of ignorance you just have to correct yourself and not do it again. I'm kind of afraid that I've used it at some point without realizing it was an epithet. I doubt that Ashley Wagner doesn't know what a gypsy is, they are not that obscure. Anyone who has ever set foot in Europe has probably been warned by someone to watch out for gypsies, and their culture is very insular so they commonly stick out amongst other europeans. She probably just had never made the connection either. Honestly I never thought about how it was spelled before, but I would have guessed jip.

you guys are right though that in the US, gypsies are almost like this fictional group of people from a fantasy world. I'm not sure if people really know that they are an actual ethnic group or what. Our fiction is filled with racist depictions of Roma, from Hunchback of Notre Dame to Buffy.

Shes not a girl shes all wombat

if you want beef than bring the ruckus

Good job, good effort men's hockey team. Wow.

It means Finland is five times better than Canada.

go finlands

i love how when i followed hockey they were known for speed and scoring and now they rotate the best goalies in the universe and still have teemu selanne!

ESPN did a poll asking who had the best overall 3 goalies, and Finland won the poll with about 24%

Antii Neimi is their 3rd stringer who didn't see any ice time. That's reason enough alone.

i know! after kiprusoff retires even! it's crazy

and is tukka rask not one of the greatest names ever, i like the guy over on grantland that says it sounds like he's klingon

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Originally Posted by The Omega Concern (Post 4038828)

ESPN did a poll asking who had the best overall 3 goalies, and Finland won the poll with about 24%

Antii Neimi is their 3rd stringer who didn't see any ice time. That's reason enough alone.

https://fanvsfan.s3.amazonaws.com/en...%20sitting.jpg

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious (Post 4038830)

and is tukka rask not one of the greatest names ever,

:banging:

I thought it sounded like a Star Wars character, but a Klingon word works too.

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious (Post 4038697)

if you want beef than bring the ruckus

Still can't get over how incredible her physique is. 100% positive she could bench more than me.

she's very athletic, especially for a female figure skater

makes me wonder why she's not doing more jumps but that's really why she finished 7th. she played it safe and that's what you get.

She carry's the all-american girl next door look a bit sexier than most.