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[cadaunovera]

I feel Cyprus should keep its uniqueness, perhaps maybe because it was so small, it felt vulnerable against invaders and so needed Greece to shield it. But now it doesnt need it, it should cultivate the mix of diversity it has intergrated over the centuries, instead of trying to be Greek, which it is not...

i believe Cyprus is more akin to the arabs, i read a book a long time ago where DNA was done and it was found that there was not any Greek DNA found... Cypriots are mainly very dark and swarthy, unlike true Greeks who are fair skinned and even blonde as in David, so many have occupied the island at different times, and certainly i would guess reproduced from coupling of various cultures that have ruled here, that its obvious to me that Greekness is in the mind and not in the DNA...

wtf huh?Read some history,actually just go on wikipedia or something,fast and easy lool.ThAts so stupid..my skin colour is white white,my friends colour is darker...do i have greek in my blood and does she have arab ?pls tell me!hahaha.Its nice to know some things right u know darling and not just say crap ur mind is making up!alright?haha goshhhh cyprus/cypriots r trying to be greek damn it,our history has nothing to do with stupid greeks so y y hahahaha go go unique_earthing im always readin ur posts!!!and laugh!

[Piratis]

i believe Cyprus is more akin to the arabs, i read a book a long time ago where DNA was done and it was found that there was not any Greek DNA found... Cypriots are mainly very dark and swarthy, unlike true Greeks who are fair skinned and even blonde as in David, so many have occupied the island at different times, and certainly i would guess reproduced from coupling of various cultures that have ruled here, that its obvious to me that Greekness is in the mind and not in the DNA...

Sorry, but you have no clue what you are talking about. Cypriots are no darker than Greeks. There are "whitter" and "darker" Cypriots just like there are whitter and darker Greeks, Italians, Spanish, Portuguese etc. If you go to the south of those countries you will see as much dark skin people as you would see in Cyprus.

Cyprus did have a lot of conquerors, and there is some mix obviously (just like in every other country). Genetically pure people now exist only in some lost tribes in the Amazon. However in the old times people usually stick to their own kind so there was not as much mix as you might think.

And were did you read that Cypriots are genetically similar to Arabs???
In fact Arabs had very little influence on Cyprus and had managed to occupy it for less than 50 years. Cyprus has been part of the Persian empire. However Persians are not Arabs, and they didn't transfer large numbers of population to Cyprus either.

So where did the "Arabs" thing came out from? Your imagination?

that its obvious to me that Greekness is in the mind and not in the DNA

For your information the "Greekness" of Greeks (including Greek Cypriots) is much more in their DNA than in most other countries. What about the Englishness (is there such thing? Or should I say Germanness?) of the English. (Maybe you should suggest that all those blanks should stop representing England in games. Then we would see how many medals the "real" English would get).

[unique_earthling]

you are so funny of course england is a mix same as you are, the difference is i accept that but you wannabees dont..

[G.Man]

The dark skin and black hair of most of the med is down to the Moors...

Yes its a fact!

[Piratis]

you are so funny of course england is a mix same as you are, the difference is i accept that but you wannabees dont..

What we don't accept? That there is no such thing as "pure" Greek in the same way that there is no such thing as "pure" English? Of course we accept that, who said the opposite?

[Simon]

No nationality or ethnicity is 'pure' nowadays so it is ridiculous to be even discussing this.

[miltiades]

I do not think that , as yet anyway , Cyprus has half casts , as the case is in the UK , generally speaking it is in the larger countries that racial integration and mixed marriages are quite common, I wonder how many Cypriots , Greek or Turkish are married to Asians , Caribbeans or Africans. The Cypriot race is much more European than our miso-Cyprus friend would have us believe .

[GG]

No nationality or ethnicity is 'pure' nowadays so it is ridiculous to be even discussing this.

Actually there was a programme on TV about this the other day and there is 1 country where the ethnicity is pure. I don't remember where but it was somewhere like Denmark or Sweden, they said you can walk nthe streets for days and only see blonde blue eyed people. It was on Discovery Channel maybe they'll repeat it.

[unique_earthling]

I dont hate Cyprus Miltiades, I dislike the mentallity, so dont type misinformation or i will think you have a need to be right and anyone that doesnt follow your thinking is not allowed an opinion based on their experiences and observations.

[cypezokyli]

the fact that the gc dialect is not a language is not a good enough excuse for it to get lost. besides there is a way to write those sounds that cannot be written with the greek alphabet.

There is???? Do tell.

Would you create new characters in the alphabet or use characters from another alphabet.?

never read gc poetry ?

besides, i cannot understand your point. since we can write them with the existing characters we should we stop pronouncing them ?

in order to write the sounds that we cannot write with the 24 greek letters usually we dont create new ones , but just use a small hat on top of some letters. i cannot say if this has been standardised but if you are a gc and you read a cypriot piece with those small hats on top of specific letters then it is perfectly clear what they mean

sometimes in the newspapers they write those sounds usuing the british equivalent (eg the "sh") , sth that i find rediculous , but fortunately it happens rarely since practically noone would have the guts to write sth in his own dialect.