Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

YHL wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Frank George Valoczy wrote:
>
> > In elementary school I was taught that there are five continents:
>Europe,
> > Africa, Asia, America and Australia...
>
>I got taught a couple different versions (but then I went to three
>different elementary schools).  Eurasia OR Europe and Asia, North and
>South America OR America, Australia, Africa, and Antarctica.  Anywhere
>from 5 to 7, then.
In Swedish we have distinction between the continents (Eurasia, Africa,
North and South America, Antarctica and Australia) and the "world parts"
(Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Oceania and EITHER America OR North and
South America). The word "kontinent" (as we spell it) is thus given a
cheifly geological meaning = "major landmass" while the "world parts" are
more traditional geographical regions.

                                                      Andreas

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