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Re: [OT] 44 countries

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wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> posted:

> Op 2/07/2026 om 17:56 schreef wugi:
> > Op 2/07/2026 om 17:43 schreef athel.cb@gmail.com:
> >>
> >> I'm not sure if this is really off-topic, as it can be related to 
> >> usage questions,
> >> but it seems best to label it as OT.
> >>
> >> I see many answers on Quora to Americans who think that Europe is a 
> >> country
> >> asserting that in reality it is 44 countries. The 44 is quite 
> >> consistent between
> >> different people, but how do they arrive at 44? If I list all the 
> >> countries
> >> that are unambiguously European countries (Germany, Italy, Spain, 
> >> Belgium etc.)
> >> I arrive at 40, so which are the other 4?
> 
> > 
> > Google AI answers 44 countries and gives a list. Mine was in Dutch.
> > 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Europe 
> 
Hmm. Either I can't count or the person who prepared the main table can't count.
There are 50 countries in the table, not 44. To my amazement, it includes 
Kazakhstan. In my own list, I forgot Montenegro: shame on me.

-- 
athel

Living in Marseilles for 39 years; mainly in England before that,
with long periods in Singapore, California, Chile and Canada 

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[OT] 44 countries athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-02 15:43 +0000
  Re: [OT] 44 countries wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-07-02 17:56 +0200
    Re: [OT] 44 countries wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-07-02 18:01 +0200
      Re: [OT] 44 countries athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-02 16:24 +0000
        Re: [OT] 44 countries Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-02 19:03 +0100
          Re: [OT] 44 countries Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-02 20:08 +0200
            Re: [OT] 44 countries athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-02 18:55 +0000
              Re: [OT] 44 countries Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-02 22:14 +0100
                Re: [OT] 44 countries wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-07-02 23:41 +0200
                Re: [OT] 44 countries msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) - 2026-07-03 01:07 +0000
                Re: [OT] 44 countries Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-07-03 10:08 +0100
                Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 11:48 +0200
                Re: [OT] 44 countries Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-03 12:14 +0200
              Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 11:16 +0200
                Re: [OT] 44 countries "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-03 09:59 +0000
          Re: [OT] 44 countries occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-03 08:28 +0200
            Re: [OT] 44 countries Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-03 09:09 +0100
              Re: [OT] 44 countries "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-03 09:59 +0000
                Re: [OT] 44 countries Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-03 20:10 +0100
    Re: [OT] 44 countries occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-03 08:46 +0200
  Re: [OT] 44 countries occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-03 08:22 +0200
  Re: [OT] 44 countries Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-07-03 09:09 +0200
    Re: [OT] 44 countries Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-03 09:09 +0100
      Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 11:48 +0200
        Re: [OT] 44 countries Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-03 12:00 +0000
          Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 22:08 +0200
            Re: [OT] 44 countries Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-03 21:30 +0000
      Re: [OT] 44 countries "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-03 09:59 +0000
        Re: [OT] 44 countries nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 15:58 +0200
          Re: [OT] 44 countries athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-03 14:11 +0000

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