Now it would be no big deal but at the time Thinner was originally written, the internet didn't exist for the average person and the majority of people didn't even own a computer. Steve has admitted that he was lazy with his research and got caught. These days he tries to be much more careful when using foreign phrases.I wonder how hard would have been the effort to do a bit of online research to get the same words in proper Romani language. Maybe he really thinks Swedish is the language of gypsies ? Truth is, there are more and more gypsies in Scandinavia, they roam from Eastern Europe to Scandinavia to beg. Eastern Europe is poor and they get very little money from begging there, while Scandinavia is infinitely richer , so it's like moving from Hell to Heaven.