How Many Continents Are There (In Your Opinion)

Omackeral

I've seen it listed as anywhere between 5,6 and 7. Some people say The Americas are one on its own, supported by the Olympic flag having 5 rings for each inhabited continent. Others would discount Antarctica on the population grounds perhaps. I suppose Eurasia could be considered one continent and sure, while you're at it, why not Afro-Eurasia? What constitutes a continent in your eyes? Is it tectonic plates? Culture? Uninterrupted landmass?

For what it's worthy, I was always taught that there are seven:

North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australasia/Oceania
Antarctica.

BMJD

tree fiddy

wendell borton

Eurasaia,
Eastasia,
Oceania.

kneemos

There was more in my day.

The_Valeyard

wendell borton wrote: »

Eurasaia,
Eastasia,
Oceania.

Who are we at war with?

The Backwards Man

Five; a,e,i,o and u

Wait, that's the wrong way round isn't it?

Bruthal

Incontinent is another

Omackeral

BMJD wrote: »

tree fiddy

Exactly or about though?

Lucyfur

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Five; a,e,i,o and u

Wait, that's the wrong way round isn't it?

They're vowels. Continents are the other letters.

Banjo String

Intent on what op?

(btw, you spelt cůnt wrong)

Harry Palmr

kneemos wrote: »

There was more in my day.

There was less were fewer in mine

Donnielighto

kneemos wrote: »

There was more in my day.

Cost less though.

Omackeral

Harry Palmr wrote: »

There was less were fewer in mine

Pangea? Those were the days, in fairness.

The Backwards Man

Lucyfur wrote: »

They're vowels. Continents are the other letters.

All those rainy days watching Countdown and I learned nothing!

Lucyfur

The Backwards Man wrote: »

All those rainy days watching Countdown and I learned nothing!

I bet you learned a bit about Carol's arse.

Ruu

A vowel please, Carol..and another..and another...

Lovely Bloke

A Rachel please Carol.

namloc1980

Put your clothes back on Carol, I can't concentrate.

December2012

Three
- Westeros
- Essos
- sothyros

One eyed Jack

Omackeral wrote: »

For what it's worthy, I was always taught that there are seven:

North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australasia/Oceania Australia
Antarctica.

Five continents is what I had always been taught (about 30 years back now though).

namloc1980

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Five continents is what I had always been taught (about 30 years back now though).

To be fair back then Antarctica hadn't yet been discovered.

karlmarker

wikapedia


By convention, "continents are understood to be large, continuous, discrete masses of land, ideally separated by expanses of water."[2] Many of the seven most commonly recognized continents identified by convention are not discrete landmasses separated by water. The criterion "large" leads to arbitrary classification: Greenland, with a surface area of 2,166,086 square kilometres (836,330 sq mi) is considered the world's largest island, while Australia, at 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi) is deemed a continent. Likewise, the ideal criterion that each be a continuous landmass is often disregarded by the inclusion of the continental shelf and oceanic islands, and contradicted by classifying North and South America as two continents; and/or Eurasia and Africa as two continents, with no natural separation by water. This anomaly reaches its extreme if the continuous land mass of Europe and Asia is considered to constitute two continents. The Earth's major landmasses are washed upon by a single, continuous world ocean, which is divided into a number of principal oceanic components by the continents and various geographic criteria.[3][4] Continents are sometimes extended beyond the major landmasses, in a way that every bit of land on earth is included in a continent.[5]

SEPT 23 1989

USSOUTHCOM
USNORTHCOM
USPACOM
EUCOM
USAFRICOM

Señor Fancy Pants

Yeah, bring back Pangea! Imagine the length of the D.A.R.T line, awesome!

The Aussie

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Five; a,e,i,o and u

Wait, that's the wrong way round isn't it?

Hoe does someone from Dublin remember them?

I O U A E :pac:......

suicide_circus

I'm currently on the worst continent of all.


Incontinent.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

I always regarded North and South America as seperate but most Latin Americans regard them as being one continent. This is probably why they think people from the US are arrogant to call their country America as they believe that they are all equally Americans.

Flukey

If you are from the USA, Europe is not a continent. Just like Africa and Asia, it's a country.:rolleyes: At least they have it right with Australia. Don't even try confusing them with Australasia or Oceania.

Capt'n Midnight

Pangea FTW !

namloc1980

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

I always regarded North and South America as seperate but most Latin Americans regard them as being one continent. This is probably why they think people from the US are arrogant to call their country America as they believe that they are all equally Americans.

They call it the United States of America, USA or US - not just America.

And don't get me started on those fecking South Africans claiming the whole of southern Africa.

namloc1980

Flukey wrote: »

If you are from the USA, Europe is not a continent. Just like Africa and Asia, it's a country.:rolleyes: At least they have it right with Australia. Don't even try confusing them with Australasia or Oceania.

I suspect your average European knows about as much about the USA as the average yank knows about Europe.