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Re: OT: Notice of Revocation of Independence

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Monday, December 13, 2004, 10:08
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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