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 Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 9:01 am
Masquanade Interesting discussion we're talking about here. Didn't I say a few posts back that central America was indeed part of North America? Obviously my knowledge is in question. And Kurai i agree with you- Americans call them selves Americans and if they want more broader term it's North Americans, Central Americans, and South Americans. We're not questioning your knowlege, but central america is it's own landmass. its actually a land bridge. it doesnt have to be part of North or South America. Do people classify it as part of north america because its smaller? How many people would like it is the US was just The South Of Canada?
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 12:15 pm
ClaudiaJade Masquanade Interesting discussion we're talking about here. Didn't I say a few posts back that central America was indeed part of North America? Obviously my knowledge is in question. And Kurai i agree with you- Americans call them selves Americans and if they want more broader term it's North Americans, Central Americans, and South Americans. We're not questioning your knowlege, but central america is it's own landmass. its actually a land bridge. it doesnt have to be part of North or South America. Do people classify it as part of north america because its smaller? How many people would like it is the US was just The South Of Canada? It doesn't have to be part of North or South, but it is. They are only five contitents and they haven't really gone about changing it. True it is it's own land mass and sits on it's plate, but the other land mases out there that sit on they're own plates as well. Japan, Alaska, India, so forth. None of those are they're own contitent. So true it is central America, but when it gets down to it- the technical term- it's part of North America. And it's not just classifed as North America because it's smaller, it's classified it like that because somebody some time ago decided to lable the five contintents and grouped Central America with North America. That's just the way it's accepted. And I wouldn't care if people said the "just south of canada" for the US. But since the US is so big, that kind of makes me think strictly of the Northern States.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 12:48 pm
Kurai Mori Actually, speaking of North/South/Central America, don't people usually say "America" when referring to the country, and North America when referring to the continent? So that kinda makes the argument null. Actually.... that would imply that the continent is simply the northern part of the country. @Claud- You saw that one far too well. >_< I leave out whatever quotes I wanna!!! @Masq- Thanks for mediating... but Canda's a hell of a lot bigger than the States, except on maps made in the States. sweatdrop The globe is three dimensional and round, a map is two dimensional and flat. It is physically impossible to put everything in at the right scale so something has to give. It's not surprising that most countries produce maps that make their country look bigger, the United States being no exception seeing as how ethnocentrical country in the world... domokun
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:31 pm
Theallpowerfull Kurai Mori Actually, speaking of North/South/Central America, don't people usually say "America" when referring to the country, and North America when referring to the continent? So that kinda makes the argument null. Actually.... that would imply that the continent is simply the northern part of the country. @Claud- You saw that one far too well. >_< I leave out whatever quotes I wanna!!! @Masq- Thanks for mediating... but Canda's a hell of a lot bigger than the States, except on maps made in the States. sweatdrop The globe is three dimensional and round, a map is two dimensional and flat. It is physically impossible to put everything in at the right scale so something has to give. It's not surprising that most countries produce maps that make their country look bigger, the United States being no exception seeing as how ethnocentrical country in the world... domokun I never said the US was bigger than Canada. I know how big Canda is, you got all those . . . glaciers and stuff up there. I'm just saying that Claudia said we call Central America part of North America since it's so small in comparison to the US. But if we were to call the US "Just south of Canada" it would have to be a lot smaller. I'm saying that the US is big and that it's too big to really fit into the whole "just south of canada" and if you indeed use that saying it makes me think of the states right below Canada.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:54 pm
Okay, I think you guys got confused. I'm the one who said CA was lumped with NA because of size. And Masq...I'm really not sure what context you are using "The South of Canada" ((Or Southern Canada, which it may well one day be. gonk )) in. o_O
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:01 am
Pharaohess Okay, I think you guys got confused. I'm the one who said CA was lumped with NA because of size. And Masq...I'm really not sure what context you are using "The South of Canada" ((Or Southern Canada, which it may well one day be. gonk )) in. o_O With any luck. smile
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:07 am
Theallpowerfull Kurai Mori Actually, speaking of North/South/Central America, don't people usually say "America" when referring to the country, and North America when referring to the continent? So that kinda makes the argument null. Actually.... that would imply that the continent is simply the northern part of the country. @Claud- You saw that one far too well. >_< I leave out whatever quotes I wanna!!! @Masq- Thanks for mediating... but Canda's a hell of a lot bigger than the States, except on maps made in the States. sweatdrop The globe is three dimensional and round, a map is two dimensional and flat. It is physically impossible to put everything in at the right scale so something has to give. It's not surprising that most countries produce maps that make their country look bigger, the United States being no exception seeing as how ethnocentrical country in the world... domokun
Technically, on a purely grammatical level, it's very ambiguous and confusing and we're all right. However, culturally, that's the accepted nomenclature. It doesn't really make sense, but that's what happens when humans do stuff.
And actually, if you lump Europe and Asia into Eurasia, couldn't Central America be the fifth continent? whee
"all those... glaciers and stuff"? xD I love you Masqui.
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 12:20 pm
Kurai Mori "all those... glaciers and stuff"? xD I love you Masqui. Well what else is up there? Tundra?
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:04 pm
I must agree with Kurai here sweatdrop
Sorry i'm not paying much tribute to this debate, i've been doing things lately. whee
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:28 pm
Isn't there already a country called Eurasia? o_O
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:01 pm
Pharaohess Isn't there already a country called Eurasia? o_O I thought Eurasia was just that area between Asia and Europe- like that western part of Russia and stuff. Kind of like Central America- just that area between North and South America. WHY ARE WE DISCUSSING THESE THINGS?!
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:22 pm
Because Geography is fun? sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:28 pm
It's theallpowerful's fault! gonk
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:44 pm
Sad thing is the Shrine has been so active lately . . . from discussing geography. what's the next topic? History? Math? Science? Art?
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:57 pm
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