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Old 12-12-2013, 21:32
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i just remembered somebody in the audience said Luke was a tinker
but isnt that just an nasty name for travellers and romey gypsies
why would that person call luke that when he is nether a traveller or a Gypsies and if he was wouldnt that be classed as racist to travellers and gypsies
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Old 12-12-2013, 21:37
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The term "little tinker" is now widely used in the UK as a term of endearment for a cheeky young child.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker
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Old 12-12-2013, 21:38
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Bit of a bizarre question - last time I looked gypsy and/or traveler are not races????

Tinker is a another word for 'naughty boy'. maybe they meant that
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Old 12-12-2013, 21:41
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The term "little tinker" is now widely used in the UK as a term of endearment for a cheeky young child.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker
oh that's what they meant i thought they thought luke was gypsies
im not from the uk im Irish so i never heard that term been used like that only on gypies and travellers and in bad way
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Old 12-12-2013, 21:41
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i just remembered somebody in the audience said Luke was a tinker
but isnt that just an nasty name for travellers and romey gypsies
why would that person call luke that when he is nether a traveller or a Gypsies and if he was wouldnt that be classed as racist to travellers and gypsies
Don't be ridiculous.
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Old 12-12-2013, 21:44
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Bit of a bizarre question - last time I looked gypsy and/or traveler are not races????

Tinker is a another word for 'naughty boy'. maybe they meant that
i thought most travellers had roma blood and isnt that a race of some sort
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Old 12-12-2013, 21:50
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It used to be a fairly common phrase ie X is a little tinker meaning mischievous, naughty etc.
http://virtuallinguist.typepad.com/t...07/tinker.html
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