@SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year 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-square5fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down18
arrow-up136arrow-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 • 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-square@empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoI’ve heard it better described as the “Contiguous United States”, which covers the fact that you can’t get into Alaska by land without exiting the US.
minus-square@elephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI was going to post to mention “contiguous”, but you beat me to it
I’ve heard it better described as the “Contiguous United States”, which covers the fact that you can’t get into Alaska by land without exiting the US.
I was going to post to mention “contiguous”, but you beat me to it