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Unemployment part 2 - Thailand (lemmy.world)
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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Is it "in another continent" or "on another continent" or are both fine?

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It’s tough to say definitively because there are a bunch of dialects, but in mine (west coast USA), “on another continent” is correct and “in another continent” sounds a little off.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    In Australia, it's the opposite. I read "in another continent" the same way I read "in another country". i.e. within the borders of another country/continent. I don't hear people talking about being on another continent/country.

    Language is both bullshit and fascinating 😁

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    that's some bullshit English has, come on, for fucks sake, it's the same thing!!!

    I'm standing on a continent, but also in it's boundaries. English as a language has a lot of BS, and this shit is hard for people's who learned English as a second language.

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