SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months 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-square5fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down17
arrow-up134arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 months 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