Re: [tied] Re: The Vlach Connection

--- alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> > > GK: So what? This map is supposed to render
> > contemporary linguistic realities. And to repeat,
> it
> > falsely suggests that Moldovans are abundantly
> present
> > in southern Odesa Region, where they are actually
> less
> > numerous than Bulgarians, Ukrainians, and
> Russians,
> > and it ignores the large Ukrainian and Russian
> > enclaves in Moldova, especially but not
> exclusively
> > east of the Dnister.
>
> George, I have a bad feeling you are projecting the
> actual ethnical
> conflict in Transnistria here, probably accentued by
> Bastroe
> stuff (though you did not mentioned this name
> ever:-)))

*****GK: Who's Bastroe? No Alex, I'm not projecting
anything. Just pointing to contemporary linguistic
realities, independent of the conflict you refer to.
If it matters, my opinion is that the
Russian-sponsored "Prydnistrovian" political entity
should remain a part of the Moldovan state.*****



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