Re: [OT] Europe (Was:: Defined Private Use)

From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Mon May 03 2004 - 13:08:06 CDT


On 02/05/2004 20:33, John Cowan wrote:

>Ernest Cline scripsit:
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>>Defining Europe is vague.
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>Well, Michael Everson back in 1995 defined it thus:
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> "Europe" extends from the Arctic and Atlantic (including
> Iceland and the Faroe Islands) southeastwards to the
> Mediterranean (including Malta and Cyprus), with its
> eastern and southern borders being the Ural Mountains,
> the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, and Anatolia, inclusive
> of Transcaucasia.
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>A more precise political definition can be found at
>http://www.evertype.com/alphabets/index.html#a .
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For once I agree with Michael! :-)

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