continents

[Donald M Lance]

We learned about Asia Minor in geography 60 years ago.  The Near East and
the Middle East are the same, aren't they?  -- the former used more in
Britain and the latter in the U.S.

DMLance

on 2/22/02 12:17 PM, Lynne Murphy at lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK wrote:

> --On Friday, February 22, 2002 1:05 pm -0500 "Dennis R. Preston"
> <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU> wrote:
>
>>> Lynne,
>>
>> Doesn't this also apply to differences in "Middle," "Near," and "Far"
>> East for the two putatively related languages (British and American)?
>> I forgot how this goes?
>
> I'm not sure--in part because "near east" and "far east" are not terms
> that
> I have strong intuitions about, and so if my meaning's different from
> the
> UK meaning, I'm not sure I'd notice it.  I can ask around...
>
> Lynne
>
> Lynne
>
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>
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