▲ 288 ▼ TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are. (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 4 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.world 131 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) why does Australia get one they don't even do it right permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca [S] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) I was taught it was Australasia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago "Australia and Oceania" here, in the first of two models I'll elaborate on. We were taught two different models First one translates basically as "divisions of the world" Europe Asia Africa Antarctica Australia and Oceania Americas The other one translates more directly as "continents" Eurasia Africa Antarctica Australia North America South America But those are of course not the only models, just the ones taught in school where I'm from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] czl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago Oceania or bust permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca [S] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) I was taught it was Australasia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago "Australia and Oceania" here, in the first of two models I'll elaborate on. We were taught two different models First one translates basically as "divisions of the world" Europe Asia Africa Antarctica Australia and Oceania Americas The other one translates more directly as "continents" Eurasia Africa Antarctica Australia North America South America But those are of course not the only models, just the ones taught in school where I'm from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] czl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago Oceania or bust permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago "Australia and Oceania" here, in the first of two models I'll elaborate on. We were taught two different models First one translates basically as "divisions of the world" Europe Asia Africa Antarctica Australia and Oceania Americas The other one translates more directly as "continents" Eurasia Africa Antarctica Australia North America South America But those are of course not the only models, just the ones taught in school where I'm from. permalink fedilink source parent