Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?message-squaremessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1146arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-text
When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoEngland is not a part of the Eurasian continent nor a part of Continental Europe. It’s on the Isle of Great Britain, which is an island, not a continent. She refused to admit she was wrong because she was right and your textbook was wrong.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoCommon reference maps all include The British Isles in with Europe, as well as Iceland. The wikipedia page on Europe also includes them as part of the continent.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoFirst of all, Europe isn’t even a continent. “Europe” is a politico-cultural concept, not a geological or biogeographic one.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoOkay, then the “politico-cultural concept” and common usage of the name “Europe” is of it being one of the major continents, regardless of if it’s on its own tectonic plate or not. It clearly includes the British Isles.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoThat is an outdated and frankly Western chauvinist usage. Europe and Asia are both on the Eurasian continent.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou can’t move those goalposts like that.
England is not a part of the Eurasian continent nor a part of Continental Europe. It’s on the Isle of Great Britain, which is an island, not a continent. She refused to admit she was wrong because she was right and your textbook was wrong.
Common reference maps all include The British Isles in with Europe, as well as Iceland.
The wikipedia page on Europe also includes them as part of the continent.
First of all, Europe isn’t even a continent. “Europe” is a politico-cultural concept, not a geological or biogeographic one.
Okay, then the “politico-cultural concept” and common usage of the name “Europe” is of it being one of the major continents, regardless of if it’s on its own tectonic plate or not. It clearly includes the British Isles.
That is an outdated and frankly Western chauvinist usage. Europe and Asia are both on the Eurasian continent.
You can’t move those goalposts like that.