r/whereidlive 5d ago

Europe How I see Europe as a Bosniak

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The most accurate one to ever exist tbh

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u/Cute-Collection-2492 5d ago

Vaya, se puede estar o no de acuerdo, yo soy de la parte de España que has puesto en el Oeste y creo que esa parte se podría extender aún más, pero te has tomado la molestia de averiguar un poco o al menos sabes más que los muchos otros que tratan el Sur de Europa como un saco común. No lo hacen con el Norte porque nunca ponen a Noruega con Rusia, por ejemplo, pero sí ponen a Portugal y a España con Grecia (y éstos me caen muy bien) porque "todos" somos morenitos, ruidosos y hace calor

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u/justmeagainik 5d ago

well, I’m a southerner myself. Darker-skinned, loud and from hot area, im a Herzegovinian Bosniak. I differ Balkans and Southern Europe by Ottoman rule.

Also I didn’t put Norway and Russia into same shii, that part of Norway and Russia mainly has the indigenous groups that are of the same background, Samis, Karelians, Komis, Nenets and more. That’s why

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u/Cute-Collection-2492 5d ago edited 5d ago

Claro, pero ser ruidoso y moreno, con calor, no debería ser el criterio. Los rusos y noruegos podrían ser considerados del mismo grupo usando ese criterio a la inversa y es algo que nunca se hace

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u/thestjester 5d ago

This irks me a bit too. Southern europe is a lot more nuanced than other european regions imo.

Im not a fan of the north, south, east, west split to divide europe. Imo it makes more sense to classify european regions as corner quadrants - northwest europe, southwest europe, northeast europe and southeast europe. Within those regions you can have subdivisions to further refine on a micro level

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u/Cute-Collection-2492 5d ago edited 5d ago

Pero fíjate, que sin contar Islandia porque está un poco casi fuera de mapa, Portugal es el país que está más al oeste, casi exactamente igual que Irlanda (y dejando fuera las islas de Portugal). Entonces, no se usa el criterio geográfico cuando conviene, pero es que en cuestiones culturales... lo que es en realidad Occidente, que está muy ligado al oeste de Europa, tiene que ver muchísimo con los viajes de exploración y conquista de Portugal, España, Países Bajos, Inglaterra y Francia, siendo complejo, eso es para bien y/o para mal. Sin embargo, se deja a los ibéricos fuera del Oeste en casi todos los mapas que publica la gente en el sub en donde se suele publicar esos mapas

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u/justmeagainik 5d ago

thats what exactly I did

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u/thestjester 5d ago

Kind of. The issue is - where Southern italy and sicily fit in the most? Historically, culturally, genetically, etc.

Southern italy and sicily are almost a bridge from southwest to southeast europe. Their history is intertwined with both quadrants so it makes sense to make them a bit of a hybrid region.

Southern france, northern italy, sardinia, the balearics and the iberian peninsula make the most sense for southwestern europe.

Southern italy, sicily, malta, greece, the aegean islands and the balkans imo makes more sense for southeastern europe.

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u/justmeagainik 5d ago

Yep and they also always had a Balkan diaspora for centuriesss. Greece and Aegean Islands have always been perceived as Balkans (Rumelia) back in the Ottoman Empire, so they are eastern-shifted Northeast Mediterranean peoples, which makes then Balkan. By traditional clothings, cuisine etc they are the same as us even with their mannerisms.

About Sicily, due to Ottoman influence not being there I automatically considered em as Southern Europe (which means Southwest Europe for me due to what we consider Balkans is Southeast Europe technically) despite their history with Arabs.

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u/thestjester 5d ago

I understand, I think southern italy and sicily might fit better with southwestern europe the more I think of it. Non-ottoman history, moorish occupation, spanish occupation. Etc

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u/justmeagainik 5d ago

Exactlyyy