Your Opinion of the Bulgarian People?

[Tabiti]

The few Bulgarians in Germany are a nuisance, like truck drivers or immigrants. But I'm afraid that we only get the trash of the Bulgarian people. Or gypsies who pretend to be Bulgarians. However that be, I believe that Bulgarians in Bulgaria are friendlier and more cultivated.

Actually the "true" Bulgarians in Germany are mostly university students, not workers or so.

[Liffrea]

Tabiti informs me they are not Slavs.......but they do sell Red Army military gear, I'm after a hat.

[poiuytrewq0987]

My opinion of Bulgarians, so far, judging from the ones I've met on- and offline, as well as hearing about them from a Greek friend that lives in Varna, is overall very positive.

We do seem to have a lot in common and overall I get along fine with them. So I tend to hold them in much higher respect than the rest of Greece's neighbors.

Interesting opinion. Considering how our ancestors were at war with each others for hundreds of years.

[poiuytrewq0987]

Tabiti informs me they are not Slavs.......but they do sell Red Army military gear, I'm after a hat.

The term, Slav is a cultural and linguistic one. As far as I'm concerned... we are.

[Tabiti]

Tabiti informs me they are not Slavs.......but they do sell Red Army military gear, I'm after a hat.

And German as well
And maybe Westerners often mistake our communistic army insignia with the Solviet one.

The term, Slav is a cultural and linguistic one. As far as I'm concerned... we are.

Linguistic, yes, but it's also controversial. As for cultural, we are Eastern Europeans, which is not equal with Slavic, however often mistaken for.
As for genetics, well, Void, see again your 23andme test results

[Electronic God-Man]

I know nothing about them. They are probably the European people I know least about.

I even know more about Romanians.

[poiuytrewq0987]

Linguistic, yes, but it's also controversial. As for cultural, we are Eastern Europeans, which is not equal with Slavic, however often mistaken for.
As for genetics, well, Void, see again your 23andme test results

I don't see anything controversial about it. We use, no, we practically invented the Cyrillic alphabet (although two Greeks gave birth to original Glagonitic alphabet which the present Cyrillic alphabet evolved from). It's an alphabet that is used by a lot of Slavs. The Serbs, the Montenegrins, the Macedonians, the Russians, the Belarusians, the Ukrainians and us. Our culture is also isn't too different from say, the Serbs. Our religion is essentially similar to other Slavic countries excluding Pope-loving Slavic countries. Our language is definitely Slavic, we share basic similarities with other Slavic-speaking languages (but I emphasize basic). We are in essence Slavic, there's no doubt about it. Food? We share basic similarities with other neighboring Slavic countries such as Serbia or Macedonia (even more so with Macedonia). If we're not Slavs then what exactly are we?

[Daos]

I don't see anything controversial about it. We use, no, we practically invented the Cyrillic alphabet (although two Greeks gave birth to original Glagonitic alphabet which the present Cyrillic alphabet evolved from). It's an alphabet that is used by a lot of Slavs. The Serbs, the Montenegrins, the Macedonians, the Russians, the Belarusians, the Ukrainians and us. Our culture is also isn't too different from say, the Serbs. Our religion is essentially similar to other Slavic countries excluding Pope-loving Slavic countries. Our language is definitely Slavic, we share basic similarities with other Slavic-speaking languages (but I emphasize basic). We are in essence Slavic, there's no doubt about it. Food? We share basic similarities with other neighboring Slavic countries such as Serbia or Macedonia (even more so with Macedonia). If we're not Slavs then what exactly are we?

So basically your language makes you Slavs? Religion doesn't have anything to do with it any more, or are Catholic Slavs no longer Slavs? As for cuisine... I'm sure Hungarians, Romanians, Greeks and even Turks have a lot in common with you.

Try finding things that actually define you as Slavs - tradition!

[Lithium]

Void, you can't use Macedonia as a prove, in this case, because they are bulgarians..

For tradion I will say Eniov den, I red for this tradition and It is with slavic roots in Russia and Ukraine.

[Absinthe]

Interesting opinion. Considering how our ancestors were at war with each others for hundreds of years.

Just tell me who hasn't been at war in the Balkans for the last hundreds of years