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Originally Posted by tankistabg
Then, their language is clearly a bulgarian dialect, and that is recognized even today
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Following the same logic, Belarusian and Ukrainian are the same language. Furthermore, any such map would only show the attitudes of the time and of those who made it.
You may not know about the huge dialect continuum stretching from Varna to Trieste. Anyway, the definition of a dialect and language is hardly a linguistic one.
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Originally Posted by tankistabg
then if we take a look back to the ottoman Archives, we will see that in 1911 there is not even one "macedonian" but onlq bulgarians/greeks/turks/albanians in macedonia
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The faithful of the Bulgarian Exarchate were "Bulgarians" and those of the Greek Patriarchate were "Greeks". Vlachs were also grouped into these two categories, but they are neither Bulgarian or Greek.
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Originally Posted by tankistabg
If we look back at the history we will see that in the middle ages today FYROM was called "theme Bulgaria"
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I could just as easily post a map of Macedonia during Ottoman times and claim that the land is historically Turkish.
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Originally Posted by tankistabg
Even more, the Bitola Inscription of Ivan Vladislav clearly states that he is a bulgarian
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Ever heard of the Voden Inscription?
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Originally Posted by tankistabg
Macedonia during WW2 was simply Bulgaria
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Yeah, but only after you "liberated" us.
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Originally Posted by tankistabg
and a video showing the Liberation of Macedonia
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Many, many people would object to your use of "liberation" in this instance. Quite frankly, it's an insult to the thousands of innocent men, women and children who perished while being "liberated".
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Stop the name-calling. If you want to seriously discuss the ethnic composition of FYROM, do it with facts, not just ridiculous insults.
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Am I the only one that sees the irony in the above quote?