@SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 days ago"The Continental United States" should include Alaska since it's still a part of the same continent, but common usage of the phrase seems to exclude it anyway.message-square4fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down18
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-square"The Continental United States" should include Alaska since it's still a part of the same continent, but common usage of the phrase seems to exclude it anyway.@SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-square@givesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish21•2 days agoIt does… What you’re thinking of is “contiguous”. Continental: everything but Hawaii, 49/50 Contiguous: everything except Hawaii and Alaska, 48/50
It does…
What you’re thinking of is “contiguous”.
Continental: everything but Hawaii, 49/50
Contiguous: everything except Hawaii and Alaska, 48/50