Comments on: Alaska No Longer Part of the Continental US? http://nslog.com/2005/04/04/alaska_no_longer_part_of_the_continental_us The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Samual Icky http://nslog.com/2005/04/04/alaska_no_longer_part_of_the_continental_us#comment-14674 Samual Icky Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:09:14 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/04/04/alaska_no_longer_part_of_the_continental_us/#comment-14674 Yes it is silly and annoying but I do have a question. I have no clue where the tetonic plates lay that far north... and I suppose most are in the same boat as me. So maybe just maybe a few people thought some of the islands that string out into the Bearing Sea my technecally be part of Asia so the used the term "Continental". I know silly reason why the term might be use... but its a theory. Yes it is silly and annoying but I do have a question.

I have no clue where the tetonic plates lay that far north... and I suppose most are in the same boat as me. So maybe just maybe a few people thought some of the islands that string out into the Bearing Sea my technecally be part of Asia so the used the term "Continental". I know silly reason why the term might be use... but its a theory.

]]> By: Tim Buchheim http://nslog.com/2005/04/04/alaska_no_longer_part_of_the_continental_us#comment-14673 Tim Buchheim Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:09:27 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/04/04/alaska_no_longer_part_of_the_continental_us/#comment-14673 Yeah, it's a silly mistake, but it's so common that I've given up and just ignore it. People seem to get it wrong at least 50% of the time, so it's not worth my time to correct them or even pay any attention to it. Yeah, it's a silly mistake, but it's so common that I've given up and just ignore it. People seem to get it wrong at least 50% of the time, so it's not worth my time to correct them or even pay any attention to it.

]]> By: Aaron http://nslog.com/2005/04/04/alaska_no_longer_part_of_the_continental_us#comment-14672 Aaron Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:55:03 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/04/04/alaska_no_longer_part_of_the_continental_us/#comment-14672 The word commonly used for referring to the lower 48 states is contiguous. Still, both are much more appropriate than continental. Idiots. The word commonly used for referring to the lower 48 states is contiguous. Still, both are much more appropriate than continental. Idiots.

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