Continentalizing the UK (still): Waay OT - America (was: Ada?)

["Kent Paul Dolan" <xanthian@well.com>]

In comp.lang.ada "Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote:

> Pat Rogers wrote:
> > For that matter, in the UK we are called "Yanks" (not that the UK is part of
> > Europe :-).

> Huh? What continent is UK part of?

Unless you side with John Donne, that no empire is an island, each is a
piece of the continent, a part of the main, I'd suggest that at least
the British Isles are just that.  Since the UK was once globe spanning,
asking of what continent it is a part doesn't make much sense.

xanthian.

Nobody _must_ be a piece of a continent, continents are just
conventions: Europe is firmly attached to Asia, yet they are called
different continents, Britain is in no way attached to Europe, so why
should they be called parts of the same continent?

As well call Hawaii a part of North America, because it is currently
politically a part of the US.  60km from Dover to Normandy, 3000km from
Oahu to San Francisco, the difference is only one of degree.



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