Get Real! wrote:Sotos wrote:There is no Cypriot Ethnicity. The term Cypriot refers to the local population of Cyprus most of whom are of the Greek ethnicity. The Ottomans differentiated people by calling them Christians and Muslims. They didn't need to invent anything
Next thing you will be telling us that Ottomans forced Cypriots to speak in Greek
If we go by your definition then Turkish Cypriots, Armenian Cypriots, Latin Cypriots etc are not Cypriots.
There is not a shred of evidence to back your nonsense!
It follows that the natives of ANY given country inherit the ethnicity bestowed upon them by their ancient ancestors and not that of irrelevant people from far away lands!
Forget the Greek gymnasium rubbish Sotos and start using your common sense!
ETHNOS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groupTerminology and definition
The terms ethnicity and ethnic group are derived from the Greek word ἔθνος ethnos, normally translated as "nation".[5] The terms refer currently to people thought to have common ancestry who share a distinctive culture.
Herodotus is the first who stated the main characteristics of ethnicity in the 5th century BCE, with his famous account of what defines Greek identity, where he lists kinship (Greek: ὅμαιμον - homaimon, "of the same blood"[6]), language (Greek: ὁμόγλωσσον - homoglōsson, "speaking the same language"[7]), cults and customs (Greek: ὁμότροπον - homotropon, "of the same habits or life").[8][9][10]
Now then, if GCs do not belong to the Greek ETHNOS how come the GC dialect is exactly the same with that of the Cycladic Islands? Even the pronunciation is exactly the same. Being in a village in Rodos, for instance, and listening to the locals speaking in their local dialect, one thinks he is in Cyprus. What happened? Have the people of Rodos invaded Cyprus or are they Cypriots? Or are we Rodites?
And how come our grand parents and some elders who never went to school used and still use ancient greek forms of speech such as “pothen eisai”, “pou pasin” “hamai” “pomine” (= ypomine) instead of “perimene” e.t.c.? Is this "gymnasium rubbish"?
Now, to those who claim that all Cypriots belong to the same “Cypriot Ethnos”. Are you sure TCs, Armenians, Maronites and Latin Cypriots feel the same?? Hardly. As far as I know they are very proud of their ethnicity and they are not ashamed of it nor do they try to hide it or to reject it.
