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    Default Are Romanians uncomfortable being labeled as Balkan ?

    Anyone can answer, but I'm mostly interested in opinion of Romanian members.

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    No, I am really proud of being a Balkanite.

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    no, but it's not very accurate.

    can be used mostly for the south.

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    As a born and raised Romanian in Bucharest. I’m not ok with being called Balkan. Because I consider myself East Carpathian. So people better start using my pronouns or I will be offended.

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    in real life no. people consider themselves balkaners and no one consider balkan a derogatory term..
    also balkan it doesn't really have a geographic meaning

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daos777 View Post
    As a born and raised Romanian in Bucharest. I’m not ok with being called Balkan. Because I consider myself East Carpathian. So people better start using my pronouns or I will be offended.
    i thought u were polish

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    Only South Romania is Balkan, the rest of the country with today RM not.

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    Good question. I might not be the best person to answer because I'm American (born and raised), but I don't really care one way or the other. Balkan seems like more a geographic reference point more than anything else and what actually constitutes Balkan is vague and not set in stone. It's kinda like when Americans debate whether a place like Texas or Oklahoma is really "in the South." Nobody can agree. I'm not sure a place like Transylvania would be typically Balkan in culture but I don't mind the label one way or another.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seya View Post
    i thought u were polish
    Nah I’m East Carpathian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daos777 View Post
    Nah I’m East Carpathian.
    You are genetically inside West Ukrainian cluster, on Global 25 at least. So my guess is you are Moldovan with extra Slavic admixture.

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