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    There is only one solution. The Final Solution, if you will.

    I, as the no.1 representative of Finland on teh interwebz, officially relinquish our status as a Nordic country, so that the term Nordic can once again become synonymous with Scandinavian and North Germanic.

    *relinquishes status*

    There. Karl, no longer can you terrorize the TA with your pig-headedness.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Riippumatto View Post
    Yes, the reason is political and geographic, not cultural or ethnic.
    Finland is geographically Baltic, but Finland wasn't called Baltic anymore, after the 1940's, because 3/4 of the Baltic countries were gone from the map of Europe.

    Then Finland was surrounded by the USSR and the Nordic countries. After WW2, because of the logical cultural similarities with the other Nordic people, Finland was called Nordic instead of Baltic.

    Estonia is geographically Baltic, not linguistically or ethnically. Stop mixing shit up.
    Estonia(the country) may be what it is, but Estonians aren't Baltic.

    Weren't you just going on about how Northern Latvians are close to Estonians?
    NW-Russians are close to you... on a genetical level. But culturally, do you feel related to them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riippumatto View Post
    There is only one solution. The Final Solution, if you will.

    I, as the no.1 representative of Finland on teh interwebz, officially relinquish our status as a Nordic country, so that the term Nordic can once again become synonymous with Scandinavian and North Germanic.

    *relinquishes status*

    There. Karl, no longer can you terrorize the TA with your pig-headedness.
    Estonia isn't called a Nordic country... As we have shared the same fate with the true(linguistically and culturally) Baltic countries, in the 20th century. Then we are still lumped together with them and Estonia is called a Baltic country.

    But it's a completely different thing, when talking about Estonians, the people. Who aren't Baltic, they're Nordic.

    In the current year of 2010: Estonia(the country/political aspect) is Baltic and Estonians(the people/cultural aspect) are Nordic.

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    But you aren't linguistically Nordic (=North Germanic) either!

    Scandinavian we are no longer (except for in American movies), Balts we've never been. Then let us be Baltic Finns?
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    Estonians are not Scandinavians. However, they are northern Europeans, and more so than Scandinavians, who have all sorts of non-northern components in them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riippumatto View Post
    But you aren't linguistically Nordic (=North Germanic) either!
    Neither are you , but Finns are still called Nordic. Because of the cultural viewpoint.

    Quote Originally Posted by Aino View Post
    Estonians are not Scandinavians. However, they are northern Europeans, and more so than Scandinavians, who have all sorts of non-northern components in them.
    The Balts are also Northern-Europeans(geographic term), but they're not Nordic(cultural term).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karl View Post
    Neither are you , but Finns are still called Nordic. Because of the cultural viewpoint.
    No, it is mostly due to Cold War politics (on the Finnish side) and Swedish interest in the Baltic region as the Russian Empire collapsed and retreated, opening up new possibilities that were denied for centuries since Russia got the upper hand.

    The Balts are also Northern-Europeans(geographic term), but they're not Nordic(cultural term).
    So Inuits of Greenland are Nordic? They are your Nordic brothers? Perhaps even more Nordic than you?
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    The term, Nordic, is essentially an outgrowth of Scandinavism but the definition was never changed.


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    EDIT: The Germans shouldn't be there, since they're not Nordic in this sense. Don't have the patience to create a new one now. But you get the idea. Crossing the yellow and brown should be a new circle, with Germans located in the new circle but outside of yellow and brown. This should be "Germanic".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Riippumatto View Post
    So Inuits of Greenland are Nordic? They are your Nordic brothers? Perhaps even more Nordic than you?
    From a political aspect, they live in a country which is geopolitically Nordic, but as people(cultural aspect), they're not Nordic. That's my opinion.

    At the same time, Estonians live in a country which is geopolitically Baltic, but as people(cultural aspect), they're Nordic.

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