SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month 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-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down16
arrow-up120arrow-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 month agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month 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