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Re: OT: Renaming the continents

From:Mau Rauszer <maurauser@...>
Date:Monday, December 16, 2002, 5:36
Zesefde Tim May  <butsuri@...> ta 2002.12.15. her 21:55:22:

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> So, any thoughts?
That would be great and logical. But we all know languages and people aren't always like that. For the conlangs: Well, my cats seem to consider Europe as a continent for historical and cultural reasons only, because "their people tend to behave if they were the centre of the world" (as Nianga, a sharp-tongued writer said in her overview of 'the Folks of Earth') They named their continents after the quarters. (North-earth for Asia, West-earth for America, South-Earth for Africa and East-earth for Australia) [The order is that, because they originally lived in North Africa and Floating India] An informal word 'Middle-earth' also exist for Europe, but it is definitely evolved lately, after man appeared. And it stayed rather slangy. -- Mau Ábrahám Zsófia alias Mau Rauszer | http://www.hiaqimau.tk | http://www.longwer.tk | "Yú lawe ta mau yibali taqe yamissi qi u neb dagu tawiy iq." -- Kipling

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