How many continents are there?

Should be an easy question, right?

I say 7
Some say 6
Others say 5.
The penguins of Antarctica are not happy at the people who say 5.

@trev33 said
Should be an easy question, right?

I say 7
Some say 6
Others say 5.
The penguins of Antarctica are not happy at the people who say 5.

7, surely?

Or is this a trick question!? 😯

@divegeester said
7, surely?

Or is this a trick question!? 😯

That's what we in the UK/Ireland are taught, apparently others are taught that the Americas are one like in the Olympic rings, interesting to see what people in the States say.

@trev33 said
That's what we in the UK/Ireland are taught, apparently others are taught that the Americas are one like in the Olympic rings, interesting to see what people in the States say.

Many people in the US will have a US centric mindset, especially after having never left their home country in their entire lives, in some cases having never left their home state their entire lives.

@divegeester said
Many people in the US will have a US centric mindset, especially after having never left their home country in their entire lives, in some cases having never left their home state their entire lives.

True but not many of the other Americas represented here, Stees for Canada I guess. Can't think of any others.

Spoke to a woman here who was adamant that there was 6, so we googled it, the result in English said 7 and in Spanish said 6.

@trev33 said
True but not many of the other Americas represented here, Stees for Canada I guess. Can't think of any others.

Very Rusty is out in the Canadian sticks.

@trev33 said
Spoke to a woman here who was adamant that there was 6, so we googled it, the result in English said 7 and in Spanish said 6.

I think we need to see three lists so we can assess who have been left out or homogenised with someone else.

@divegeester said
Very Rusty is out in the Canadian sticks.

Is he a real person though?

@trev33 said
Should be an easy question, right?

I say 7
Some say 6
Others say 5.
The penguins of Antarctica are not happy at the people who say 5.

It si a trick question, right?

There are six, all with their own tectonic plate:

Africa
Antarctica (of course) [can't think of people not counting that one]
Ozeania (containing Australia)
Eurasia (the very concept of Europe as a continent of their own is a cultural concept, rather than a geographical one)
South America
North America

O and I learned at school that there are 7, in Germany Europe is seen as continent, though there were interesting discussions about the eastern limit (Ural mountain...but why)

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The only 3 condiments you need.

@ponderable said
It si a trick question, right?

There are six, all with their own tectonic plate:

Africa
Antarctica (of course) [can't think of people not counting that one]
Ozeania (containing Australia)
Eurasia (the very concept of Europe as a continent of their own is a cultural concept, rather than a geographical one)
South America
North America

O and I learned at school ...[text shortened]... ntinent, though there were interesting discussions about the eastern limit (Ural mountain...but why)

Damn you and you’re stupid intelligence!

@trev33 said
Is he a real person though?

There are those who claim he is a bot.

-VR

@divegeester said
Many people in the US will have a US centric mindset, especially after having never left their home country in their entire lives, in some cases having never left their home state their entire lives.

By conventional standards there are seven continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia/Oceania, and Antarctica. Some scientists add an eighth, Zealandia, most of which is under water in the South Pacific. Zealandia's area is nearly 2 million square miles (5 million square kilometers) — about half the size of Australia.

i am the royal geologist and i have added uranus to the list