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While we're doing scientifically-unsound polls, might as well do this one too!

[Poll #1636721]

Only separated out the major/predominantly English-speaking nations because there are probably way more of even one of those than any of the others combined.

This isn't about politics, it's about geographical, physical location. You don't have to identify as an American to be from the US! Chill!

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Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Check the spanish definition. I'm a spanish speaker, I'm argentinean, we are taught it is a continent and it says in the article: continent insular which means Island Continent in English.

You might use another definition for it, we use Oceania as a whole to define them, it's a continent.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

The poll and this comm is in English and that's how it rolls. If someone went to your Spanish-speaking community and insisted on Australia, would you take that into account? Same goes here.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I was surprised to find this out, don't get so defensive, I was not aware until now that in English it meant differently than in Spanish. Yeesh.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Defensive? I thought you were the one belligerently demanding change?

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I was not, I asked if Australia shouldn't be Oceania instead. I wasn't demanding a change at all.

Re: OP

[sasha2999.livejournal.com]

huh weird I'm British and was taught that Oceania was a continent as well. :|9 But I guess I could've just had iffy teachers.

Re: OP

[chip-dip.livejournal.com]

nope - not alone, as a Scot I was taught at school that the continents were Europe, Asia, Africa, The Americas Oceania and Antarctica.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Just because it's a Spanish thing doesn't mean the rest of the world uses it that way.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I was surprised to find this out, don't get so defensive, I was not aware until now that in English it meant differently than in Spanish. Yeesh.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Nice copypasta there.

Seeing as you were the one insisting we're all wrong and that we should accept your terms, I don't see this as being defensive.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

It was not my intention to sound like that, honestly. I ask you both, the anon above and you, for forgiveness. Please, forgive me if I sounded rude.

I would like to know which differences we have concerning geography and teaching and why it is so different.