...and, as it were, written down on memory. The language which the gipsies spoke among themselves was a barbarous compound of some foreign tongue, the origin...expressive jargon called slang. Thus, when the gipsy spoke of gentlemen he called them raye, when he spoke of the peasant, he termed him gazo : but as the...

...and, as it were, written down on memory. The language which the gipsies spoke amongst themselves was a barbarous compound of some foreign tongue, the origin...expressive jargon called slang. Thus when the gipsy spoke of the gentlemen he called them raye, when he spoke of the peasant he termed him gazo ; but as...

...and, as it were, written down on memory. The language which the gipsies spoke amongst themselves was a barbarous compound of some foreign tongue, the origin...expressive jargon called slang. Thus when the gipsy spoke of the gentlemen he called them raye, when he spoke of the peasant he termed him gazo ; but as...

...not upon the circle of their elders. 12. The language which the Gypsies spoke among themselves was a barbarous compound of some foreign tongue, the origin and structure of which have, and most likely ever will, baffle inquiry, and of English, mingled with many a choice phrase...

...companions," says James, who, with as little accuracy in phrasing as in fact, declares their language to be "a barbarous compound of some foreign tongue, the...and of English, mingled with many a choice phrase fiom the very expressive jargon called slang." Since James refused to meddle greatly with rascals,...