Friday, January 12th, 2007
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: Riferimento: Austrian Nationalism vs Deutschmark Imperialism
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Originally Posted by Caesar Princeps
 I am still not sure about a Valencian ethnicity... |
Not ethnicity, but local identity.
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Anyway I meant Neolatin People, quite grossly as Mediterranean peoples, mainly of Latin descent, of Catholic tradition, speaking Romance languages (Occitans, Catalans, Portuguese, Galitians, Castilians, Italians, Sardinians, Corsicans and others).
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It's subjective, really. I've argued before that there is, for instance, an eastern element in Southern Italians which marks a difference. Probably the heritage of the Magna Graecia.
What's your opinion there?
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