Re: Afrasian?

Jan van Steenbergen writes:
 >  --- Andreas wrote:
 >
 > > If _Eurasica_ is eurocentric, is _Eurasia_ then asiatocentric?
 >
 > No. In "Eurasia" the two components are more or less equally
 > represented.

Let's not forget, also, that Europe is a lot smaller.  If we were only
now to name the continents for the first time, no-one would create
Asia and Europe.  You might give Europe a name, as a cultural
grouping, but only if you divided Asia up into several spheres of
influence, and you probably wouldn't consider them to be
continents. I'm not denying Europe deserves a mention: it's
historically important; these terms are basically for use in European
languages; and the alternative term for Eurasia would be "Asia", which
would clearly invite confusion.  But giving it one less letter than
Asia and the initial position is hardly unfair on Europe.

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