Czech Republic - Eastern or Western

[Äike]

How about Czechs then? They are not less western than Estonia. Both Czech Republic and Estonia are considerably western, and both were part of Eastern Bloc.

The Czech are Slavs, period. Being Slavic is like the main trait of Eastern-Europeaness.

Your must be double, then? As you have no idea about either of those languages, apparently. I really wont comment your remarks about "semi-russian surnames" and other things you wrote. I see you have a strong urge to force your "nordic Estonians" and "Eastern European XYZ" thing almost everywhere, can you please ventilate it somewhere else? Because Im not willing to discuss with you in this thread anymore. kthxbye

Legion, this thread isnt about Estonia or Slovenia.

An ethnic Russian confused a Czech accent for a Russian one, not me. They also looked Russian/Eastern-European.

[Mans not hot]

Karl is always infected the forum with his bullshit, nothing new.

[Äike]

Karl is always infected the forum with his bullshit, nothing new.

I'm sorry, but I stated my opinion in this thread, that the Czech are just Slavic eastern-europeans, but some people were so offended by being reminded of their Slavic heritage that they started a shitstorm, thus I replied to them. This is not my fault.

[Legion]

The Czech are Slavs, period. Being Slavic is like the main trait of Eastern-Europeaness.

I don't see it that way. Czechs share similarities with their western German/Austrian neighbors.

[Äike]

I don't see it that way. Czechs share similarities with their western German/Austrian neighbors.

Yes they do, but their core essence is Slavic/Eastern-European.

[Legion]

This is probably not the best comparison, but for linguistic affinity: Romance languages are spoken mainly in western Europe, and Romance speaking Romania is clearly Eastern European.

[Äike]

This is probably not the best comparison, but for linguistic affinity: Romance languages are spoken mainly in western Europe, and Romance speaking Romania is clearly Eastern European.

Romania is an exception, but it's in the heart of Eastern-Europe

[ALL]

Karl is always infected the forum with his bullshit, nothing new.

My 23andme list is populated with, Germans/Russians/Poles/Ukrainians, I'm going to send him an invite to see where he clusters.

[Leliana]

Uhm, I don't know how many of you have first-hand experience with the Czech nation, but I have and crossing the border from Germany/Austria to Czech Republic IS always a difference in culture and people. I don't know how East Slavs feel when in Czech Republic but as a German it feels 'Eastern'. The language, the culture and the people who have a more 'grumpy' face expression on the streets are different but not necessarily worse of course. It's true that some architecture and town cores looks certainly Central European but that are just the remnants of the old Bohemian and Sudeten-German population. These people are gone! Just because some houses and buildings look similar to German or Austrian buildings it doesn't justify the argument that Czech Republic is Western.

That's how most Czech villages look like:





The Czech as people are very diverse. Some look like Germanized Slavs or very Central European, some look like typical Slavs and then there are people who have small eyes give me a Central Asian/Lappid vibe. And I'm not talking about the loads of gypsies here.

[ALL]

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