Originally posted by soin2calI prefer Oceania in that case.
Very weird.
Well then if its ONE country, australasia sounds much better for the multiple countries alongside australia. Seems less complicating. Do you not think that it seems less complicating too?
I do not say you are wrong at all, a lot of my explaining has come out terribly wrong to be honest. Though i know i was a little wrong there too😛 But it sounded like i was being called the wrong one for pointing out the word 'ralasia'
Originally posted by Ushgarak
I also suggest you look up the difference between 'fact' and 'rudely stated opinion'.The capital of Luxembourg is Luxembourg. There is no rule that says you cannot use the same word twice for things of different scale.
The most commoinly used model calls the continent AND the country 'Australia'.
There is also a Belgian provicne called Luxembourg 😄
I didn't mean people here don't understand it... I mean there is no central definition of what the word means!
In as much as these things have a particular definition, though, I understand that, normally, 'Australasia' is considered part of Oceania, and that it is a little dodgy calling Oceania a Continent, as opposed to being a kind of vague geographical region. It'd be like calling the Pacific Rim a continent.
im inclined upon research to believe you both.
wherever soin is from they probably still say astraliasia.
i call carbonated sweetened beverages 'soda' and my annoying neighbors to the west call it 'pop' (how lame).
soin, there is no proper term for it. most people around the world just call it all 'australia'
Hey! She's from the UK! Trust me, there is no universality of the term 'Australasia' here! Like i say, the Atlases tend to say 'Australia'.
bardock asked if onyl people in the UK use it. It seems the term is not used at all in mainland Europe, but it is certainlt used in NZ and Australia itself. Differently.
I am living in UK of course.😖 But i dont necasarilly say things like the british do always How do you know that i have not been from somewhere else in my lifetime😖? People inside of europe, like yourself bardock may well use that, but like another member just said here and some other countries may be different😂
Well, see, Oceania includes all those tiny islands wayyy out East that don't really have a continental claim... and some people don;t even include 'Australia; when they say 'Oceania'... generally speaking, people don't mean the same thing with 'oceania' and 'Australasia'. I mean, your defintion earlier said it was just Australia and New Zealnd. That;s very different from what Oceania means.
Maybe those Geographers should meet after all.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
Well, see, Oceania includes all those tiny islands wayyy out East that don't really have a continental claim... and some people don;t even include 'Australia; when they say 'Oceania'... generally speaking, people don't mean the same thing with 'oceania' and 'Australasia'. I mean, your defintion earlier said it was just Australia and New Zealnd. That;s very different from what Oceania means.Maybe those Geographers should meet after all.
By the end of the meeting we would probably have 75 continents and 48.000 geographical regions most of which occupy the same space...
I don't think those people would ever agree on everything. They sure as hell can't now.