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#61
03-23-2007, 06:06 AM
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Re: which continent is also a country?
"I decided to spend some time with wiki and google and found Antarctica isnt a country under the standard definition.
I also have yet to see any modern list of continents that lists Australia as a continent. It is either Australasia or Oceania - which is Australia and a bunch of small pacific islands. Ok, splitting hairs, but if this is a question for a mill like this thread indicates then its a really really badly phrased one." I agree which is why I'd say Antarctica way before Australia.. what is New Zealand then? Part of a different island group seperate from Australia.. I always thought they were all part of Oceania 
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#62
03-23-2007, 06:07 AM
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Re: which continent is also a country?
Another way to improve this show would be to rename it "Are you better with a blowtorch than a 5th grader."
Yeah, that would be awesome. And I think the US could benefit from more vocational type schooling at that age.
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#63
03-23-2007, 06:09 AM
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Re: which continent is also a country?
Well if we take the 7 continent model, obviously none of them.
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#65
03-23-2007, 06:16 AM
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Re: which continent is also a country?
Australia is obviously the most correct answer.
There is no "country" of Antarctica. No one, I assume, not even PhilS, claims that there is a country of Antarctica (surely? who is its head of state? where is its government? what is its currency?). There is significant debate over the definition of a continent - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent for an example. [ QUOTE ] I decided to spend some time with wiki and google and found Antarctica isnt a country under the standard definition. I also have yet to see any modern list of continents that lists Australia as a continent. [/ QUOTE ] first line of Wikipedia's entry on continents: [ QUOTE ] A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, but the seven areas are commonly reckoned as continents – they are (in descending order of size): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. [/ QUOTE ]
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#67
03-23-2007, 06:24 AM
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Re: which continent is also a country?
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There is no "country" of Antarctica. No one, I assume, not even PhilS, claims that there is a country of Antarctica (surely? who is its head of state? [/ QUOTE ] ME [censored] ME THATS MY ICE I CLAIMED THAT [censored] HOLLA
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#68
03-23-2007, 06:27 AM
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Re: which continent is also a country?
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So we could move there.. bring lots of hookers and blow.. and play online poker without governmental interference? [/ QUOTE ] Just don't invite Dom DeLuise. Unless you bring an innertube to sit on.
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