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Post by montenegrodeki on Mar 28, 2008 10:08:30 GMT -5
Montenegrins are famous for two things being tall and also being lazy. The second one i will dispute , but are we a tall people and why? Im 6.3 which is sort of tall in England, but when i go to Montenegro im average height, especially when i go inland, there are women in Podgorica that tower above me . Are we tallest people in Europe and the rest of the Ex- Yu , or is it just some old wives tale?
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Post by tyson on Mar 28, 2008 18:53:10 GMT -5
im croatian but i feel the same way aswell. i'm 185 cm , but when i go to the dubrovnik area i feel like im very average height. alot of people there are much taller than me. my first cousin is actually over 2 metres tall
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Post by Anthologic on Mar 29, 2008 21:32:08 GMT -5
Isn't height related to your nutrition as you're growing up?
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Post by radovic on Mar 29, 2008 21:34:54 GMT -5
^ It's one of those things science will never solve. I think the concensus is that it's affected by genetics and nutrition.
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Post by radovic on Mar 29, 2008 21:35:59 GMT -5
Montenegrins are famous for two things being tall and also being lazy. The second one i will dispute , but are we a tall people and why? Im 6.3 which is sort of tall in England, but when i go to Montenegro im average height, especially when i go inland, there are women in Podgorica that tower above me . Are we tallest people in Europe and the rest of the Ex- Yu , or is it just some old wives tale? ^ When listing the world's tallest peoples (not individuals but collective groups) the old guiness book of records would list Montenegrins as the tallest in europe.
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Post by tyson on Mar 29, 2008 22:54:51 GMT -5
^ i thought its the netherlands?.....
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Post by terroreign on Mar 30, 2008 2:21:10 GMT -5
I believe there was a recent study/guiness book stating that Montenegrins, as a people, are the tallest in the World, after Kenyans.
And I believe the netherlands is where the tallest man is in europe. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Post by tyson on Mar 30, 2008 7:28:17 GMT -5
^ maybe, but the tallest man in the world is in mongolia
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Post by vucigorski on Mar 30, 2008 10:06:11 GMT -5
As an ethnic group.....I believe Montenegrins (Serbs and Muslims from Montenegro) sre considered the tallest in Europe. The Netherlands as a nation is supposed to have the highest average people, but many put this down to the fact they have many residents of African heritage.
Also something of note.........the tallest people from Montenegro are supposed to be centered around Northern Montenegro near Serbia and Hercegovina. And Terror we all know the majoritiy of the population there condsider themselves..........................*fill in blank*
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Post by Sh1 Shonić on Mar 30, 2008 11:28:41 GMT -5
^ maybe, but the tallest man in the world is in mongolia Ukraina
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Post by terroreign on Mar 30, 2008 16:13:44 GMT -5
As an ethnic group.....I believe Montenegrins are considered the tallest in Europe. The Netherlands as a nation is supposed to have the highest average people, but many put this down to the fact they have many residents of African heritage. I agree as an ethnic group, Montenegrins are the tallest in Europe serbs and muslims are shorter ethnic groups Montenegrins are tall throughout Montenegro, and the heart of the Montenegrin people is in Old Montenegro, and we all know what the majority there consider themselves.
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Post by Anthologic on Mar 30, 2008 20:14:40 GMT -5
Excellent information there tero, did you get that from a book from an imaginary library?
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Post by terroreign on Mar 30, 2008 20:55:46 GMT -5
Alot from personal experience, ya know, going to the balkans (something obviously you haven't)
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Post by Anthologic on Mar 31, 2008 0:08:10 GMT -5
So you've been to every village in Montenegro while visiting?
You're either lying or had a very boring summer.
And yes, I've never had a first hand balkan experience.
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Post by donnie on Mar 31, 2008 10:34:10 GMT -5
Stature is related to both genes and nutrition. Iregardless of how well a human eats, he won't grow taller than a giraffe; his genes do not allow him. But, nutrition can lead to higher average means. For instance, one century ago, the Dutch were among the shortest people in Europe. In the 1800s, 1/4 were rejected from the army for not being tall enough (less than 1,60cm). Now they measure an average of 1,83-1,84cm.
When it comes to Montenegro, the tall stature is believed to have some link to the prevalence of limestone mountains there ... which contain high calcium levels that are important for one's skeleton to grow. The same thing applies to Northern Albania and Dalmatia.
There are no studies that say Kenyans are the tallest people in the world. Perhaps you are referring to the Masaai people? You must distinguish these two concepts; a regional value and a national value. Perhaps the Dinaric alps in the Western Balkans hold the record for tallest stature in Europe presently (rumours of an alleged study suggest the average mean there is 1,86.5cm). But on a national level, the Dutch are still the tallest with their 1,84 centimetres (Croatia as a whole reach the figure of 1,80cm).
Most credit the Dutch as being the tallest. And the average height of Dutch people would drop, not increase, if the Africans were included. Individually, some Africans can reach great heights. But Africa is not a developed continent. The best living standards of African/people of African descent is enjoyed by the Blacks of the US, where the average mean is 1,77cm, 7cm shorter than the Dutch average.
Actually Coon centers them in Old Montenegro, north of Lake Shkodra.
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Post by amoureux24 on Apr 4, 2008 17:18:03 GMT -5
Znam da su Bosnjaci Sandzaka visoki i po Hercegovini ih ima velikackih a mi Bosnjaci iz srednje Bosne smo nizi ali zato plavlji i svjetliji.
Ali kad se svi lijepo pomjesaju nasi Bosnjaci i Sandzaklije daju jednu zgodnu naciju.
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Post by terroreign on Apr 4, 2008 18:03:38 GMT -5
Bosniaks in Sandzak are shorties compared to Montenegrins
The people in Sandzak in general are short, I was over there last summer so many short chicks, and the tall ones you can tell kept that montenegrin blood
Poz
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Post by Novi Pazar on Apr 4, 2008 19:48:06 GMT -5
You said your dark skinned and short once, motenegrins have a Rufous tendancy and freakle tendancy too. They are a thickset massive people, not thin which most tall people are. I think when u move back to kosovo the montenegrin height average will be greater than of the masai tribe.
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Post by terroreign on Apr 4, 2008 20:41:28 GMT -5
lol i never said I was either man, why you keep messing around?
I'm 6'3'' dude how tall are you shorty?
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Post by Anthologic on Apr 5, 2008 2:10:28 GMT -5
post that picture of you and your bro in cg.
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