It is the same problem.

US-Americans are often terribly politically correct.

No gypsy, no gipsy, no Eskimo, no American Indians

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The English term gipsy or gypsy[20] is commonly used to indicate Romani people, Tinkers and Travellers, and use of the word gipsy in modern-day English is so pervasive (and is a legal term under English law—see below) that some Romani organizations use it in their own organizational names. However—according to the discourse of those who study the Romani people—the word, while sometimes positively embraced by Romani persons, is also sometimes rejected by other Romani persons as offensive due to it being tainted by its use as a racial slur and a pejorative connotation implying illegality and irregularity,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27] and some modern dictionaries either recommend avoiding use of the word gypsy entirely or give it a negative or warning label.[28][29][30][31][32][33]

A British House of Commons Committee parliamentary inquiry, as described in their report “Tackling inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities” (published 2019),[34] stated about their findings in the United Kingdom that: “We asked many members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities how they preferred to describe themselves. While some find the term “Gypsy” to be offensive, many stakeholders and witnesses were proud to associate themselves with this term and so we have decided that it is right and proper to use it, where appropriate, throughout the report.”

The Oxford English Dictionary states a 'gipsy' is a
member of a wandering race (by themselves called Romany), of Indian origin, which first appeared in England about the beginning of the 16th c.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Romani_people

I have just found this: diddicoy

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A didicoy (Angloromani; didikai, also diddicoy, diddykai) is a person of mixed Romany and Gorger (non-Romanichal) blood.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanichal