@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@listlesslink20•1 year agoThe phrases “Lower 48” or “contiguous 48 states”, are more typical than “the continental United States”.
The phrases “Lower 48” or “contiguous 48 states”, are more typical than “the continental United States”.