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Re:Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island by globular-toast on Friday April 14, 2023 @08:23AM (#35568717)
The definition of continent is very fuzzy and mostly man-made. So all you're really saying is Afroeurasia isn't an island because we decided it isn't.
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Re:Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island by CRConrad on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @02:11AM (#35624809)
Yup. That's how language works: Words mean what they mean because we've decided that they do.
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