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<p>[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2178740, member: 13874"]Oh, thank you! [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] and [USER=5170]@Ghopper1924[/USER]! As in "tatty". Never saw it used as a noun before <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie18" alt=":banhappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> . <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hungover:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>In Swedish <i>tattare</i> is a derogatory term for the gypsy people. In Britain, they're <i>travelers. Tattare </i>was first the vernicular word fo<i>r tartarer, </i>i e the <b>Tartar</b> people who came from the East and ran over the Russias and Finland, and was often lumped with gypsies who'd come north from Southern and Middle Europe. The implication in Sweden of <i>tattig</i> <i>(tatty)</i> was also something cheap, worn, degrading in appearance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2178740, member: 13874"]Oh, thank you! [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] and [USER=5170]@Ghopper1924[/USER]! As in "tatty". Never saw it used as a noun before :banhappy::joyful: . :hungover: In Swedish [I]tattare[/I] is a derogatory term for the gypsy people. In Britain, they're [I]travelers. Tattare [/I]was first the vernicular word fo[I]r tartarer, [/I]i e the [B]Tartar[/B] people who came from the East and ran over the Russias and Finland, and was often lumped with gypsies who'd come north from Southern and Middle Europe. The implication in Sweden of [I]tattig[/I] [I](tatty)[/I] was also something cheap, worn, degrading in appearance.[/QUOTE]
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