X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,4337e343baaa291d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-18 15:35:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.75.92.6!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 305 Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:35:51 +0100 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <374oa-dmp.ln1@rander.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.75.92.6 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1037662510 17957994 212.75.92.6 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:20743 "ABCGi" skrev i meddelandet news:Xns92CB6504ACF6Dabcgicodemonkeycomau@61.9.128.12 > Rander wrote in news:374oa-dmp.ln1@rander.dk: > > > Mon, 18 Nov 2002 05:41:26 GMT brugte ABCGi 22 linier p� at fort�lle > > dette til alt.ascii-art: > > > >>What does 'oo count as continents? Australia is a continent and the > >>world's largest island! > > > > Nope, Greenland is the worlds largest island. Had Greenland been a > > continent of it's own, it wouldn't be counted an island... > > Obviously some propoganda going on here since I was taught in Geography > that Australia is the world's largest island :-) http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Geography/Original/g00010d.html > What is the biggest island in the world? > > Greenland covers 2175000 square kilometres. Australia is bigger, but it > is usually regarded as a continental land mass, not an island. http://www.didyouknow.cd/islands.htm > The largest island in the world is Greenland. Australia is considered a > continent because it has unique plant and animal life. Antarctica also > is a continent - larger than Europe and Australia. Greenland, although > quite big, shares the habitat features of Northern America. Well, at least you can boast your unique plant and animal life. :) -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg