Nascar, more Class than F1?

[Kingsley]

Well, here in Argentina our Geographie books tell us that America is a continent, and it can be subdivided in subcontinents (northamerica, central america, and southamerica). And it sounds logical to me.

I always heard about 5 continents (never 6, and if, it was because antarctica)... I try to remember references outside my country pointing to any position, and its always America as a unity... 5 rings in the olympics

Internet should have an answer, but it seems its not so clear there either:

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/continents.htm
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Co...tal_models.gif

to stay on topic...

[Finn]

Originally Posted by Kingsley

Well, here in Argentina our Geographie books tell us that America is a continent, and it can be subdivided in subcontinents (northamerica, central america, and southamerica). And it sounds logical to me.

Sounds like somebody's got a "little brother" syndrome.

Anyway, in my schoolbooks they presented it the way I did, so that there're either large landmasses that can be called "continents" (at which point there is not a divider between the Americas and Europe & Asia neither) or in that other way, when America is divided into North & South.

[Kingsley]

Originally Posted by Finn

Sounds like somebody's got a "little brother" syndrome.

You are right about that
4 posts trying to make my point in such a minor thing, well, it's just like asking why north is depicted above south if the universe hasn't top nor bottom

[roundshort]

this thread has some major "continental" drift!

[isaac_z]

Originally Posted by roundshort

this thread has some major "continental" drift!

bah-dum-chh