Subject: Re: EU or not on the Euro
Date: Sep 20, 2002 @ 18:13
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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> All landmasses on earth are really just islands in the global oceanthere's
> (there is only one). Some islands are bigger, some are smaller, and
> we tend to call the a couple of bigger ones "continents". But
> no strict seperation between continents and regular islands. Noteven
> size. Why is Australia a continent, but Greenland isn't? It's justwe
> arbitrary.
>
> And the island concept isn't strictly followed either. If it was,
> would call Eurasiafrica one continent, since the three areconnected
> by land (Well, Africa is now separated by the Suez canal, butthat's
> a human made waterway so it doesn't count).etc