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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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It's pretty silly to get into a quarrel over the number of continents. Clearly different people figure things differently. Fine by me. That teacher in Chile was out of line. She missed a chance to broaden her students.
Oceans: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. That's what I was taught and I'll rip your tongue out and feed it to a dog if you disagree.
I was told by some grade school teacher that the 7 in the '7 Seas' was not meant literally. She said it came from some poem or other. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I was taught 7 too! And that was my immediate reaction when I saw that question. And I am not American! |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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I was taught 7, but I always thought that was strange because fo the Europe/Asia thing. My personal inclination is towards 6.
Africa
America (North)
America (South)
Antartica
Australia
Euroasia |
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steroidmaximus
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: GangWon-Do
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| from what I've picked up, most Korean kids are taught there are 6. . .Antartica doesn't count as one. |
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SuperHero
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| steroidmaximus wrote: |
| Antartica doesn't count as one. |
Ask the penguins what they think? |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| sonofthedarkstranger wrote: |
| It's also ludicrous to think of "Oceania" as a continent. The continent is Australia. All those Pacific islands are by definition not part of any continent. |
I've been wondering about this lately, also, as I keep seeing Australia lumped together with Asia. Suddenly it has started to seem that Australia is now just an island in the far south of Asia. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| what do kiwis have to say about this? what continent, if any, do ya'll think your from? |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Eurasia (Including the Arctic,) Oceania, Africa, Antarctica, North america, South America.
6.
And atlantis. |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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New Zealand doesn't belong to any continent... we are our own little perfect corner of the world and refuse to be pigeon-holed (except as God's zone). 
We are extremely couth and would lose our collectivle gruntle if we were to be lumped in with those boorish neighbours of ours.  |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:20 am Post subject: |
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| sonofthedarkstranger wrote: |
Europe and Asia are considered separate purely by convention. There really is no logic to it other than racial pride. The word "contient" implies continuity and Europe and Asia flow right into one another.
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No they're not. Europe and Asia are separated by the Urinals.
Asia
Africa
Europe
North America
South America
Australia (So it's filled up by ONE country. Deal with it!)
Antarctica
That's seven.
F*ck Chile! |
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pdxsteve
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:01 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Leslie Cheswyck"]
| sonofthedarkstranger wrote: |
Europe and Asia are considered separate purely by convention. There really is no logic to it other than racial pride. The word "contient" implies continuity and Europe and Asia flow right into one another.
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No they're not. Europe and Asia are separated by the Urinals.
They're separated by giant toilets? Hmm. |
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sonofthedarkstranger
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| Leslie Cheswyck wrote: |
| sonofthedarkstranger wrote: |
Europe and Asia are considered separate purely by convention. There really is no logic to it other than racial pride. The word "contient" implies continuity and Europe and Asia flow right into one another.
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No they're not. Europe and Asia are separated by the Urinals. |
So you cross a mountain range and your automatically in a different continent, is that how it works?
Then isn't it true, Mr. Cheswyck, that India is its own continent?
And isn't it also true, Mr. Cheswyck, that Spain is a continent?
Italy is a continent, is it not?
Indeed, isn't it a fact Mr. Cheswyck, that Chile is a continent???
I once lived in Alturas, CA for a six-moth stretch. One day I rode my bike over the Warner Mountains and into Cedarville. Had I arrived in a new continent?
I personally care not and am more than willing to consider Europe a continent so long as the arbitrary nature of this paradigm is exposed to all. |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:24 am Post subject: |
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I'm sorry. I mispelled that. I meant to say they're separated by Uranus.
Yes. Europe and Asia are separated by Uranus.
I stand corrected.
Carry on. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:29 am Post subject: |
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| I think I'll just wait for Toby to post the definitive answer. |
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gypsyfish
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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To the ancients, "seven" often meant "many," and before the fifteenth century, the many seas of the world were:
the Red Sea
the Mediterranean Sea
the Persian Gulf
the Black Sea
the Adriatic Sea
the Caspian Sea
the Indian Ocean
Today, the world ocean is generally divided into four main oceans:
the Arctic Ocean
the Atlantic Ocean
the Indian Ocean
the Pacific Ocean
In addition, there are numerous smaller seas and gulfs.
http://www.whoi.edu/info/seven-seas.html
I've had this 'discussion' before, too, with all the same explanations. No wonder there will never be world peace; we can't even decide on the number of continents.
If you want another argument, tell your Korean students the tomato is a fruit. I lost a friend over this one. |
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