Re: OT: Notice of Revocation of Independence

Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:

> On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 10:24:16PM +0100, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Well, if you're considering Asia and Europe to be two different
> > continents, you're operating on a definition so divorced from
> > geological realities that no non-arbitrary answer can be given to the
> > question whether the Americas consist of one continent or two.
>
> Hey, who said anything about non-arbitrary?  I was operating well within the
> realm of the completely arbitrary traditional nomenclature.  Seven
> continents, seven seas, two oceans, etc.
Two oceans? I wasn't aware that anyone considered there to be two oceans.

Anyway, the point is there is multiple versions of traditional nomenclature.
There's a fairly popular one with _five_ continents (the Americas as one, and
Antarctica doesn't count).

                                                 Andreas

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