On 10 Sep 2004, at 01:23, wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:02:25 -0600 From: Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net
Interestingly, Britain and Ireland are considered part of Europe, even Iceland is, while Cuba is not considered part of North America.
Fred
Is that so?
Well... four words: United States foreign politics ;-)
- Jens
Jens Ropers wrote:
On 10 Sep 2004, at 01:23, wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:02:25 -0600 From: Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net
Interestingly, Britain and Ireland are considered part of Europe, even Iceland is, while Cuba is not considered part of North America.
Fred
Is that so?
Well... four words: United States foreign politics ;-)
I believe that this position predates the Castro era.
Ec
Hardly.
I don't know where the idea that Cuba isn't part of North America comes from. I was always taught that all of the Caribbean (including Trinidad, surprisingly) was part of North America.
RickK
Jens Ropers ropers@ropersonline.com wrote: On 10 Sep 2004, at 01:23, wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:02:25 -0600 From: Fred Bauder
Interestingly, Britain and Ireland are considered part of Europe, even Iceland is, while Cuba is not considered part of North America.
Fred
Is that so?
Well... four words: United States foreign politics ;-)
- Jens
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