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WCDT: 2201-2205 (4-8 June 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Near Lurker:
Anyway, that girl with the earrings has a future. Even if it's the elf girl Jeph seems to have come up with first.
Lubricus:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 07 Jun 2012, 01:45 ---I still find it hilarious when people insist that the Americas are one continent based on the fact that there's no natural break between them, while at the same time claiming Europe and Asia to be two, under a test even Africa fails objectively.
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I agree. It seems, however, that this is a problem stemming from the English language. In most languages, the word "continent" is split in two. In my language, Norwegian, the word "kontinent" describes a geological landmass. Eurasia is a "kontinent", as is Africa, North America (including Central America, but that is a different discussion), South America, Australia and Antarctica. The word "verdensdel", however, which literally mean "part of the world", is similar to the everyday use of "continent", and is split further into Asia, Europe, North and Central America and so on. This split is prevalent in most languages, even the ones most closely related to English (Frisian, Dutch, High German and so on), and makes discussions such as this easier.
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 07 Jun 2012, 01:45 ---I still find it hilarious when people insist that the Americas are one continent based on the fact that there's no natural break between them,
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3%A9n_Gap
Lubricus:
"Weird hazing ritual" indeed! I like the emergent dynamic between these girls, I think...
Arancaytar:
It is a weird hazing ritual, but the hazee is Marten. :P
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