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Thread: Do you find word ''balkans'' derogatory ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stearsolina View Post
    Absolute bullshit. Northern Croats have as much to do with ''balkans'' as Slovenes do, and that's little (politely speaking).

    I am not northern Croat by origin (only a little), but am by upbringing and I know people here are same shit as Slovenes mentally speaking.
    Didn't say northern croats... I live in Slovenia btw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Demon Revival View Post
    put down the local Slavic population.
    and Albanians together with them... don't think you were some exception

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    Quote Originally Posted by DRUM View Post
    Didn't say northern croats... I live in Slovenia btw.
    Yes, I know that. People in Primorje are much more like Slovenes, than like anyone else. I am not part of their culture, or at least not completely. My people are Dalmatians (and central Croats)
    But than read Robocop post for further explanation

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vlatko Vukovic View Post
    and Albanians together with them... don't think you were some exception
    I see you voted yes. Thnaks for contribution. It proves that not only ''complexed Croats'' feel insulted by infamous balkan classfication, but some Bosniaks do too.

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    Balkan is a regional term, not administrative. You don't have to be under Ottomans to be included in Balkans. Administrative word for European part of Ottomans was Rumeli.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmara View Post
    Balkan is a regional term, not administrative. You don't have to be under Ottomans to be included in Balkans. Administrative word for European part of Ottomans was Rumeli.
    Balkans meant Turkey in Europe. Nothing more, nothing less.

    It never existed before the Ottoman invasion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stearsolina View Post
    Wouldn't southeastern Europe sound lot better ?
    Southern Slavland would sound a lot better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stearsolina View Post
    But Dalmatia isn't similar to Austria or Hungary. Dalmatia is 100% southeastern Europe, and still people there have no balkan identity. It's seen as strange.
    I didn't say Croatia is similar to Austria or Hungry. Austria and Hungry isn't even similar to each other. It's a question of a perception being taught.

    Balkan is perceived to be bad. This comes from centuries of being part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Austro-Hungarian Empire had expansionist interests in the Balkans that was met with resistance at different times by different groups (Turks, later Serbians, etc.) Centuries of antagonism creates a dislike for other groups.

    I think you're wrong. Not only Croats find it insulting. Many Slovenes, Greeks, Romanians and even Serbs do too. Word itself has mostly negative conotations, who on earth want to be part of that ?
    A geographical term has the negative connotation that people are willing to give it. It's not the word itself but the cultural baggage people have with that word. Hence why I said the word itself doesn't matter. What matters is the antagonism some people may have for that term and it's an antagonism that doesn't come from a void.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stearsolina View Post
    I see you voted yes. Thnaks for contribution. It proves that not only ''complexed Croats'' feel insulted by infamous balkan classfication, but some Bosniaks do too.
    I don't have sympathies toward this name, but this is, and will be in the future the name of this region... unfortunatly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stearsolina View Post
    Balkans meant Turkey in Europe. Nothing more, nothing less.

    It never existed before the Ottoman invasion.
    De-Ottomanization? That's silly, you can't change the history. Balkans have always existed but was just not referred with that name. Do it as you wish but it's annoying.

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