Point of View

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One American woman and one Romanian man argued about how many continents there were. 

The Romanian spoke seven languages, was drop-dead handsome and had a Ph.D. in flirting. He kept saying there were only five continents.

The American woman finally named them: North America, South  America, Africa Europe, Asia, Australia and Antarctica.

"That's the problem," the man said. North and South America are one continent, and Europe and Asia are one continent and there's that ice thingie at the bottom of the planet."

They both had an English friend who in any discussion with a varying point of view would say, "define your terms."

Defining a continent as a land mass made the Romanian correct. The Americas are connected as are Europe and Asia. 

The American was right if one applied human described political distinctions. 

It's all in the point of view. In this case, it doesn't matter what we call a continent. They are just there.