Taken down accurately from an old gypsy. Common dialect, or
"half-and-half" language.
"Rya, tute kams mandy to pukker tute the tachopen--awo? Se's a boro or a
kusi covva, mandy'll rakker tacho, s'up mi-duvel, apre mi meriben, bengis
adre man'nys see if mandy pens a bitto huckaben! An' sa se adduvvel?
Did mandy ever chore a kani adre mi jiv? and what do the Romany chals
kair o' the poris, 'cause kekker ever dikked chichi pash of a Romany tan?
Kek rya,--mandy _never_ chored a kani an' adre sixty beshes kenna 'at
mandy's been apre the drumyors, an' sar dovo chirus mandy never dikked or
shuned or jinned of a Romany chal's chorin yeck. What's adduvel tute
pens?--that Petulengro kaliko divvus penned tute yuv rikkered a
yagengeree to muller kanis! Avail rya--tacho se aja--the mush penned
adre his kokero see _weshni_ kanis. But kek _kairescro_ kanis. Romanis
kekker chores lendy."