Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Tripper
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.
|
im sorry dude, but i, we...from north america have never heard about this oceania before . i too was taught that there was 7 continents. and australia was one of them
guess you can just chaulk this one up to us being arrogant egocentric asshole americans again rolleyes: