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Tripper · 01-11-2004, 11:41 PM

Potato, Potatoe.

I'm gonna make a big thing out of this:

I was brought up being taught that MY country belonged to a continent called OCEANIA......I also feel that a continent which includes 22 nations simply being named 'Australia' is inconsiderate.

As a member nation of OCEANIA, I would have thought that our school system would have gotten it right.....and reading through a couple of websites now (most likely North American ones) I am finding out for the first time that the continent is refered to be people overseas as simply AUSTRALIA.....And no doubt, just because it is the biggest country in the continent.

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Tripper is Offline General of the Army Posts: 18,895 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand	01-11-2004, 11:41 PM Potato, Potatoe. I'm gonna make a big thing out of this: I was brought up being taught that MY country belonged to a continent called OCEANIA......I also feel that a continent which includes 22 nations simply being named 'Australia' is inconsiderate. As a member nation of OCEANIA, I would have thought that our school system would have gotten it right.....and reading through a couple of websites now (most likely North American ones) I am finding out for the first time that the continent is refered to be people overseas as simply AUSTRALIA.....And no doubt, just because it is the biggest country in the continent.