Where Do You Keep Your Fish?

[Cobe27]

You realise you are going to possibly annoy the Irish, Welsh and Scottish don't you? They are not English. I am half Irish/Welsh with a bit of Scottish so I am not being racist! Sorry if that messes up your poll.

no one has voted antarctica yet

someone has


What about the peoples of Scotland, Wales and Ireland (north and south)
where do they get to vote in this little poll

Yup -i'll just say Northern Ireland here, but haven't voted.

 

[lljdma06]

Ok, since when did England and Australia become a continents?


I guess the geography books are going to have to be edited for that one. Maps too, it's time we put England in the center where it belongs. Fine. Kind of feel sorry for the lovely people who kind of share islands with England, though.

You beat me to it, Wolf, I also keep my fish in water. Very useful, better for the fish, really.

Great thread, left me in stitches. Like the time, when people thought Irak was near Mexico. There was a geography test a while back and boy did Americans flunk big time. Kuwait was near Miami, FL. Great, where can I cash in on their oil, since they're like only 50 miles away? That also left me in stitches. It was in the local news about 10 years ago or more, but I still remember it well.

I live in the middle of nowhere, Central Illinois. Amid vast fields of corn and soybeans stands an oasis of culture called Champaign-Urbana, where college students and beer bars roam like cows. Note the heavy sarcasm in my typing.

 

[Inchworm]

when did Australia and England become a continent?
Auastralia is the largest island on the continent of Oceania

Well, Australia always was a continent. When did it stop being one?

http/www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001745.html

http/www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/2442.html

 

[The-Wolf]

I'm sorry inchworm
it all depends on how your education system teaches geography

Australia, the "Land Down Under," include six states, two mainland territories and a few island territories. It's a fascinating land with many geographical definitions.

It's the 6th largest country and that's a fact. But then, depending on your school of geography, Australia is either a separate continent (that's not considered an island), or it's the largest island on the planet and the largest part of the smallest continent, that of course being Oceania.

Confused? Well, welcome to the world of geography opinions.
taken from
http/worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/au.htm

 

[CFC]

The continent that Australia sits on is usually called Australasia.

 

[Proterra]

Hmmm well,,, if England isn't part of Europe and is now a continent I delcare that I live on the island of Scotland. hehehe

 

[Fella]

The continent that Australia sits on is usually called Australasia.

That's what I was taught in school too, although my missus likes to correct me and tell me its really called "oceana" or something.

 

[CFC]

Hmmm well,,, if England isn't part of Europe and is now a continent I delcare that I live on the island of Scotland. hehehe

Fair play to ya, i'll lend you a spade so you can start digging away from England

 

[Fella]

Hmmm well,,, if England isn't part of Europe and is now a continent I delcare that I live on the island of Scotland. hehehe

Fair play to ya, i'll lend you a spade so you can start digging away from England

Swap for some Irn Bru

 

[Proterra]

Nooo - the shop I buy aquariums from is in England - I need road links and no import taxes !!

 

[Inchworm]

I'm sorry inchworm
it all depends on how your education system teaches geography

You would think that the "experts" could agree on something as big as that, wouldn't you?

The continent that Australia sits on is usually called Australasia.

I never even heard of that one!


I guess we'll just have to wait for some of our Australian members to come online and get their opinions of the situation.

 

[Jer-]

Hey Im from Australia. Australasia/oceania, whatever.

From Answers.com:
Australasia, islands of the South Pacific, including Australia, stinky (had to add this... sorry kiwis) New Zealand, New Guinea, and adjacent islands. The term is sometimes used to include all of Oceania.

Oceania or Oceanica, collective name for the approximately 25,000 islands of the Pacific, usually excluding such nontropical areas as the Ryukyu and Aleutian islands and Japan, as well as Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, whose populations are more closely related to mainland Asia. Oceania is generally considered synonomous with the South Sea Islands and is divided ethnologically into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.

I currently study in Poland, so yea, I voted Europe.

 

[Mithlondwen]

New York State.

 

[The-Wolf]

Australasia is the area that includes Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the many smaller islands in the vicinity, most of which are the eastern part of Indonesia. The name was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756). He derived it from the Latin for "south of Asia" and differentiated the area from Polynesia and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica). Australasia is sometimes used as a term for Australia and New Zealand alone, in the absence of another word limited to those two countries.
http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia

(on a side note, this is the sort of thing a non-fish related forum could be used for )

 

[dthoffsett]

Well if England gets to be separate from Europe, the U S should be separate from North America. Lord knows we don't want to be associated with those canuks. lljdma06 you should try being from Kansas. There are still people in our own country that really believe that I ride a horse to work, poo in an outhouse, and have to watch out for the indians. When everyone knows you only have to watch out for them stealing your money at the casino. Seriously, you should consider the separate US thing. Have a nice day everyone.