"...The Gypsies of England call their language as the Gypsies of many other countries call theirs Romany or Romanes a word either derived from the Indian Ram or Rama which signifies a husband or from the town Rome which took its name either from the Indian Ram or from the Gaulic word Rom which is nearly tantamount to husband or man for as the Indian Ram means a husband or man so does the Gaulic Pom signify that which constitutes a man and enables him to become a husband. Before entering on the subject of the English Gypsy I may perhaps be expected to say something about the original Gypsy tongue. It is however very difficult to say with certainty anything on the subject. There can be no doubt that a veritable Gypsy tongue at one time existed but that it at present exists there is great doubt indeed. The probability is that the Gypsy at present exists only in dialects more or less like the language originally spoken by the Gypsy or Zingaro race..."