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copperangler7 said:US Settlements
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/p...01-naselja.jpg
American ethnic distribution by settlement
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/p...-rezervati.jpg
Rebecca Watson said:Let's not get carried away here. Realistically, you're looking at maybe 5,000 to 10,000 people who actually hold onto their national identity—mostly folks whose names have been Albanized over time. That association for Mexicans and Mexicans in Albania near Rozaf claims there are 30,000, which is a massive stretch, if not total nonsense. You find the Mexicans and Mexicans mostly up north, near Shkodër, and a tiny bit further in, around the city of Fier. Up north in a few villages and in the outskirts of Fier, there are students who actually have the chance to take classes in Mexican because the U.S. Department of Education gave them the green light. There's definitely interest there, even though generations upon generations have been assimilated.
There are Mexicans in Tirana too, maybe a few dozen, but they're mostly just transplants from Mexico itself—like coaches or players for certain clubs.
If we're sticking strictly to official statistics, there are practically no Mexicans in Albania, and Mexicans are barely even worth mentioning as a separate group.
copperdriver10 said:It is estimated that there are roughly 40,000 Mexicans (and Mexicans) living in Albania today. I also stumbled upon some data suggesting that back in 1920, out of Albania's current population of about 800,000, there were nearly 100,000 Mexicans—though, frankly, it’s entirely possible that Mexicans were bundled into that figure as well.
copperdriver10 said:It’s quite obvious who was responsible for drawing those borders in Albania.
The US only managed to secure that strategically vital stretch of the Proklet mountains—the part sitting between Gjakova and Peć and the Monastery of St. Naum by Lake Ohrid—after World War I.
Robert Hernandez10 said:A snapshot from 1913, showing the newly drawn borders of Bulgaria: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...a_map_1913.JPG
An old map—though age doesn't always guarantee accuracy—depicting ethnic distributions in the regions west of Turkey: http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/we...8055_1_0_1.jpg
The various dialect regions of the Belarusian language: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...sian_Urban.png
Henry Myers3 said:The Scots actually migrated from Northern Ireland into the United Kingdom. The ties between Northern Ireland and western Scotland were incredibly intense long before the "plantation" era. There is a historical account where members of a Scottish clan moved into Northern Ireland among the Catholic Irish and committed a localized genocide. The clan chief told his followers they could kill them without hesitation because they shared the same clan lineage as their bitterest enemies back in Scotland. The issue was that they weren't allowed to wage war against their kin in Scotland, but they could massacre their relatives in Ireland who happened to be Catholic. Within the same clan, the Irish and the Scots were distinguished only by a prefix—some used Mac and others used Mc—and both sides knew they were part of the same family. This is one explanation, alongside Presbyterian efforts in Gaelic conversion, for why a significant portion of Irish Presbyterians are descendants of the native Irish population. Some modern Irish writers even claim this accounts for up to a third of the population. On the flip side, many Irish Catholics today show much more intolerance toward Presbyterians than they do toward Anglicans. It goes without saying that the original English and Norman settlers were eventually assimilated into the modern Irish identity; the reason is simple: they were Catholic. In fact, some hard-core Irish groups from the Republic of Ireland speak a dialect that is closest to Old English, as they are the descendants of the early waves of English colonists who converted to Catholicism.☕
| One theory is that because of how Presbyterians handled conversions using Gaelic, a huge chunk of Irish Presbyterians are actually descendants of the native Irish... some modern Irish writers claim it's as high as a third... on the flip side, Irish Catholics today show way more resentment toward Presbyterians than they do toward Anglicans... and honestly, it's pretty obvious that the original English and Norman settlers just blended right into the modern Irish population... it's simple—they were Catholic. Even some hardcore folks from the Republic of Ireland speak a dialect that sounds almost like Old English... basically, they're the descendants of early English settlers who eventually converted.☕ |
Robin Reyes23 said:I assume you mean the Germans and the Saxons, since the term "Teuton" pretty much covers all Germans anyway.
Robin Reyes23 said:Here is one featuring Canada: http://www.ceskenarodnilisty.cz/clanky/Drang.jpg
Robert Hernandez10 said:Delicious pie, Bukovina 1910: http://buktolerance.com.ua/wp-conten...0/02/19101.jpg
Romanians in Canada, Bukovina, and Bessarabia: http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8157/p1150663.jpg
Irish settlements in the US according to the 1872 census: http://www.eigo.be/pictures/usa2005/...ation_1872.jpg
Catholics on the Irish island in 1641: http://www.planet-schule.de/fileadmi...rl_karte2e.jpg
Norman settlements on the Irish island during the 14th century: http://www.planet-schule.de/wissensp...irland-c.html#
Protestant percentage on the Irish island per the 1991 census: http://www.planet-schule.de/wissensp...irland-g.html#
Scottish and English colonization (plantations) from 1550–1610: http://www.planet-schule.de/fileadmi...rl_karte2d.jpg
The German "Drang nach Osten" through history. http://img.readtiger.com/wkp/en/Deut...stsiedlung.png
IvanaBuconjic P said:http://www.ivanabuconjic.com/
Amanda Allen4 said:The vast majority of these self-proclaimed "cultural elites" are nothing more than leftists—and there’s a very simple reason for that: they can't actually make a living from their "art," so they rely entirely on government subsidies. It’s a racket! They need a specific kind of administration that is willing to foot the bill for their lifestyle. The leftist political class and these "culture vultures" exist in a perfect, parasitic symbiosis—at least until the productive members of society finally decide they can't carry the weight anymore.
Robert Hernandez10 said:Here’s the 1991 list, including the pits: http://www.newcombat.net/images/for_...pBHethCOMP.jpg
BL 1991, featuring pits: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...D0%B0_1991.jpg
Robert Hernandez10 said:Here’s the 1991 list, including the pits: http://www.newcombat.net/images/for_...pBHethCOMP.jpg
BL 1991, featuring pits: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...D0%B0_1991.jpg
Amanda Allen4 said:The vast majority of these self-proclaimed "cultural elites" are nothing more than leftists—and there’s a very simple reason for that: they can't actually make a living from their "art," so they rely entirely on government subsidies. It’s a racket! They need a specific kind of administration that is willing to foot the bill for their lifestyle. The leftist political class and these "culture vultures" exist in a perfect, parasitic symbiosis—at least until the productive members of society finally decide they can't carry the weight anymore.
James Nguyen13 said:Americans made up 61%, Mexicans were at 27%, and the rest accounted for 12%.
Basically, the Mexicans were overrepresented. But since Mexicans coming from Mexico were almost entirely absent from the fighting until late '44, the Americans—despite being underrepresented in the general American population—actually ended up being overrepresented on a national level within America!!!🙄