CG Midlander

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Makes me wonder if the education in the US (most likely country of origin for forum posters afaik) is really that abysmal, this is very basic stuff.

Now that you mention it, I'm not sure if we ever did go into the nuances of the definition of continent aside from, "It means land mass, it only includes islands in a general sense when we talk about the big seven, and the difference between Greenland and Australia is arbitrary but might as well be gospel by this point."

Let us consider this confusion with a familiar real-world example - Japan. Is it part of Asia - or is it an island off of the coast of the continent of Asia in the subregion considered East Asia? These lines are quite blurry at times... but no, I shan't be spreading misinformation :P

I'll actually add that little footnote to the above post! Perhaps together we can secure a proper terminology before this thread is through! ^^