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[Get Real!]

GR seems to think that because there was life on Cyprus before the Greeks arrived, this means that Cypriots are not Greek today. What kind of ridiculous logic is that? In that case the people of Crete are not Greeks, as Crete had a great civilisation before the Greeks. You can say the same of many regions around the world. The Greeks colonised many areas of Cyprus and founded numerous settlements. The pre-existing Cypriots were assimilated. Your arguments just make no sense GR

That Greeks have pinched Cypriot culture & civilization goes without saying but the other way round? I don't think so...

What could the Cypriots possibly have benefited from the illiterate refugee Mycenaeans fleeing the Dorian invasions?

Ax bos tin bathane oi ftoxi oi kiprei bou tous bio abateones tou kosmou…

[Simon]

What civilisation and culture did the Greeks pinch?

You mean the Cypriot script that the Cypriots pinched from the Minoans?

Cyprus became an extension of Greek civilisation, so neither side "pinched" anything.

[Get Real!]

What civilisation and culture did the Greeks pinch?

You mean the Cypriot script that the Cypriots pinched from the Minoans?

Cyprus became an extension of Greek civilisation, so neither side "pinched" anything.

Why don’t you tell us about the connection between Minoans and ancient Greece...

Lookup the chronological difference you Greek illiterate nincompoop!

[Get Real!]

Pseftes, abateones, pousto-kalamaraddes!

[Simon]

THE GREEK ALPHABET IS BASED ON THE PHOENICIAN, AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CYPRIOT SCRIPT

[quote]The Greek alphabet is descended from the Phoenician alphabet, and is not related to Linear B or the Cypriot syllabary, earlier writing systems for Greek.[/quote]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/greek.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A216073


Looks like GR has been shown up again

[kurupetos]

Pseftes, abateones, pousto-kalamaraddes!

Either you like it or not, they are part of our ancestry.

[Simon]

I never said the Minoans were Greek you bloody idiot, I am making the point that everybody borrows from everybody, so your arguments are useless!!

[Get Real!]

I never said the Minoans were Greek you bloody idiot, I am making the point that everybody borrows from everybody, so your arguments are useless!!

Anoixamen ta mathkia sas tsie enna fkite tsie boubano re killingiri!

[Get Real!]

Tsie stin mappa tou xronou bale (league/uefa champions) mesa kai exo me dinata xtibimata that fate!

[Get Real!]

Agramates, boutanes, Kalamarades!