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I was referring to proving that Rome was the only name to be common to all the continents (which was the inference of the question) - that would be a considerably more onerous task.
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I would think that there is a "Victoria" on each continent. ?
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I wasn't watching it, another TV had it on, i think from Thursday Nights Pointless, question;
Who was the caped crusader? Answer given was, Superman. ![]() |
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Where did you go to school? This is not the model used in the UK which has separate North and South American continents? I've lived here 60 years and can never remember them being combine into one in general use, the combined model being an alternative of academic interest.
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Not when I went to school in the 50s and 60s, only 5,.... there are only 5 Olympic Rings, one for each continent.
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I was schooled in Yorkshire and we were definitely taught that there are only five continents in the world
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I was schooled in Yorkshire and we were definitely taught that there are only five continents in the world, and we were also given the explanation below.
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Maybe when you went to school they hadn't yet discovered the other two...
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That's interesting to hear. Did you also go to school in the 50s or 60s? I was at school later than that and definitely remember being taught there were seven continents. Maybe it changed at some point or does it vary in different schools?
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I was there in the 60's and 70's.
well I guess the way it was taught must have changed at some point then. I didn't realize there was so much debate about it actually but it appears there is no definitive correct interpretation.
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That's interesting to hear. Did you also go to school in the 50s or 60s? I was at school later than that and definitely remember being taught there were seven continents. Maybe it changed at some point or does it vary in different schools?
I get the impression there is some politics in the choice of numbers. The French use six with one continent of America - is this to knock the USA down in status by including South America? |
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I think you are stretching it a bit to call the 7 continent model the standard. It is one of several.
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Originally Posted by WIKI
The 7-continent model is usually taught in Western Europe, Northern Europe, Central Europe, China and most English-speaking countries. The 6-continent combined-Eurasia model is preferred by the geographic community, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Japan. The 6-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Iran and some other parts of Europe; this model may be taught to include only the 5 inhabited continents (excluding Antarctica).[
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The fact there are different conventions in use makes the question potentially unanswerable.
It's not unanswerable, using all the definitions South America is the only continent that fitted, no other continent under any of the models fitted.Quote:
Whatever people were taught in our schools, the Olympic rings confuse things because people also "know" that each ring symbolises a continent. Five does not allow for North and South America to be separate.
The Olympic rings thing just confuses things, it is not an authoritative source and doesn't include Antarctica which is a continent on almost all models. People probably remember 5 continents because of the rings (easy catchy thing to remember) but that doesn't make it right.
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Having been a teacher, I can say that about 50% of what you are taught in school becomes wrong at some point.
Maths is usually OK, but some genius at some point will question even that. History depends on who's telling it. Different countries, and even regions, tell it from their own point of view. Geography is always changing even if it's only outlines of countries through coastal erosion. English is a living language and therefore changes as new words and ways of communicating develop. The sciences most definitely change as new discoveries are made. For instance, when I was at school in the 1950s who knew that mercury gives off dangerous vapour? And how many of us happily sucked on asbestos fibres when using Rawlplastic for holding screws into walls? So really a fact may only be a fact depending who's telling it, when it's being told, when it's proven to be completely wrong or until something else supercedes it. |
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Having been a teacher, I can say that about 50% of what you are taught in school becomes wrong at some point.
Maths is usually OK, but some genius at some point will question even that. History depends on who's telling it. Different countries, and even regions, tell it from their own point of view. Geography is always changing even if it's only outlines of countries through coastal erosion. English is a living language and therefore changes as new words and ways of communicating develop. The sciences most definitely change as new discoveries are made. For instance, when I was at school in the 1950s who knew that mercury gives off dangerous vapour? And how many of us happily sucked on asbestos fibres when using Rawlplastic for holding screws into walls? So really a fact may only be a fact depending who's telling it, when it's being told, when it's proven to be completely wrong or until something else supercedes it. That's one thing I remember from school!
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Maybe when you went to school they hadn't yet discovered the other two...
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The spelling of "supersedes" hasn't changed though
That's one thing I remember from school! |
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The spelling of "supersedes" hasn't changed though
That's one thing I remember from school! |
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'supercede' is an older form that was used in the 17th and 18th Century though surprisingly it has not even survived in Transpondian.
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That's interesting to hear. Did you also go to school in the 50s or 60s? I was at school later than that and definitely remember being taught there were seven continents. Maybe it changed at some point or does it vary in different schools?
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Having been a teacher, I can say that about 50% of what you are taught in school becomes wrong at some point.
Maths is usually OK, but some genius at some point will question even that. History depends on who's telling it. Different countries, and even regions, tell it from their own point of view. Geography is always changing even if it's only outlines of countries through coastal erosion. English is a living language and therefore changes as new words and ways of communicating develop. The sciences most definitely change as new discoveries are made. For instance, when I was at school in the 1950s who knew that mercury gives off dangerous vapour? And how many of us happily sucked on asbestos fibres when using Rawlplastic for holding screws into walls? So really a fact may only be a fact depending who's telling it, when it's being told, when it's proven to be completely wrong or until something else supercedes it. |
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The spelling of "supersedes" hasn't changed though
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If you say so, but most people get it wrong.
And the etymology has nothing to do with "cede". It comes from the Latin "supersedere", "to sit above", or be superior to. |
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I was at school in the 60s and 70s and we were taught that there were 5 continents - and each one had the same first and last letter.
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Doesn't make it right, though. How do you know it's "most" people, anyway?
And the etymology has nothing to do with "cede". It comes from the Latin "supersedere", "to sit above", or be superior to. |
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Yes, our Latin teacher mentioned that as a way of remembering the English spelling. It's always stuck with me.
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Doesn't make it right, though. How do you know it's "most" people, anyway?
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well I guess the way it was taught must have changed at some point then. I didn't realize there was so much debate about it actually but it appears there is no definitive correct interpretation.