Re: French Riots
Originally Posted by
Dextrous63
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Interesting, not only because I thought Australasia was the name of our antipodean continent, but also because this would imply that the UK isn't part of Europe as it's not part of a continuous mass of land. Just saying
You're right. We are not part of Europe, either politically or geographically.
Of course, the present definitions of a 'continent' fall down completely when it comes to 'Europe'.
More correctly, the continent should be described as 'Eurasia'.