Talk:Italian Corsicans/Comments

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Without wishing to question the scholarship behind this article, the very title and some of the inferences given suggest a whiff of Italian chauvinism/ irredentism. To refer to 'Italian Corsicans' instead of, say, Corsican Nationalists/irridentists is as misleading as speaking of 'Austrian South-Tyroleans' or 'French Aostians'.

While it is true that Corsica was indeed 'Italian' to a strong degree in character, and that its language is very similar to nearby Italian dialects, Corsica/ns do not on the whole accept the notion of being Italian. Islands, such as Corsica (Sicily in this respect is similar) are o the whole ferociously individualistic in outlook. While Corsicans accept an apparent 'Italian-nes' in their culture, they are by large Corsican first, and then French (if at all) second.

While the article acknowledges that sentiment in favour of unification with Italy is extinct, this is not apparent in the general timbre of the piece.

AdolfgandhiAdolfgandhi (talk) 18:43, 15 April 2008 (UTC)