Re: OT: Notice of Revocation of Independence
From: | Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...> |
Date: | Sunday, December 12, 2004, 18:53 |
Your Name wrote:
> Hmm... You know, when I was taught the continents, I could've sworn they
> told me seven: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America,
> Australia and Antarctica. None of those are 'America', so I'm not sure
> where you're talking about. I check an English-language dictionary, and
> it gives the US as the primary definition of America. And I even look at
> which country I come from, and I think it's the only one where the
> conventional short-form is the same as the name of the continent it's
> on. As we've established, it isn't America.
America... that's a bit like Eurasia: a landmass made up of two
continents.
K.