# The Continental Feud by Aspidistra \[game over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 2, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748 "2009-04-02T19:32:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/21 "2009-04-02T21:04:06Z")
1. Japan 2. South Africa 3. Iraq 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Philippines 10. Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/22 "2009-04-02T21:06:48Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > 1. Japan > 2. Ghana > 3. Saudi Arabia > 4. Poland > 5. France > 6. Finland > 7. Costa Rica > 8. Brazil > 9. Papua New Guinea > 10. Indonesia > > Hmm, Googling indicates that Oceania and the Pacific Islands have a lot of overlap and are often considered pretty much the same thing . . . When I posted it I didn’t realize they were the same thing. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/23 "2009-04-02T21:39:31Z")
1. Japan 2. South Africa 3. Israel 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Philippines 10. Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/24 "2009-04-02T21:46:28Z")
1. Japan 2. Egypt 3. Israel 4. Poland 5. France 6. Norway 7. Honduras 8. Brazil 9. Micronesia 10. PNG ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/25 "2009-04-02T21:51:45Z")
1. Japan 2. Kenya 3. Iraq 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Guatemala 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. New Guinea ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/26 "2009-04-02T22:13:14Z")
1. India 2. Kenya 3. Iran 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Indonesia 10. Papua New Guinea ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/27 "2009-04-02T22:26:55Z")
1. Japan 2. South Africa 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Russia 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. Fiji ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/28 "2009-04-02T22:28:57Z")
1. Japan 2. South Africa 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Poland 5. the U.K. 6. Sweden 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/29 "2009-04-02T22:37:34Z")
1. Japan 2. Egypt 3. Iraq 4. Turkey 5. UK 6. Iceland 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. Fiji 6: Not really a Scandinavian country, but I couldn’t resist ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/30 "2009-04-02T22:39:36Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > 1. Hi, **Worm**! Thanks! I just hope someone else thinks of me aswell 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/31 "2009-04-02T23:01:41Z")
1. India 2. Kenya 3. Israel 4. Russia 5. France 6. Norway 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. Papua New Guinea ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/32 "2009-04-02T23:12:02Z")
1. Thailand 2. Egypt 3. Iran 4. Romania 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Nicaragua 8. Argentina 9. Tahiti 10. Borneo ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/33 "2009-04-02T23:14:27Z")
1. India 2. South Africa 3. Iraq 4. Russia 5. England 6. Sweden 7. Mexico 8. Brazil 9. New Guinea 10. Polynesia ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/34 "2009-04-02T23:31:51Z")
1. Japan 2. Egypt 3. Iraq 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. panama 8. Brazil 9. Samoa 10. Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/35 "2009-04-02T23:40:34Z")
1. Japan 2. Nigeria 3. Iraq 4. Poland 5. France 6. Norway 7. Panama 8. Brazil 9. Guam 10. Samoa Aren’t the Pacific Islands and Oceania the same? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/36 "2009-04-02T23:52:43Z")
1. Japan 2. South Africa 3. Israel 4. Poland 5. United Kingdom 6. Sweden 7. Nicaragua 8. Brazil 9. Japan 10. Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/37 "2009-04-03T00:52:57Z")
1. Japan 2. South Africa 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Poland 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Costa Rica 8. Brazil 9. Indonesia 10. Malaysia (10. pulling that one out of my bottom; I didn’t know there were any others than Australia and NZ) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/38 "2009-04-03T01:00:54Z")
1. Japan 2. South Africa 3. Iran 4. Bulgaria 5. France 6. Sweden 7. Guatemala 8. Brazil 9. Fiji 10. New Guinea ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/39 "2009-04-03T01:08:29Z")
ETA: I would consider Oceania to be “environs of AU/NZ” (which abuts the Pacific) and Pacific Islands to be “any island in the Pacific”. So there’s overlap, but not a big one. What sparked the idea of this for me was considering the way in which different countries define these regions differently. Fr’instance, I’d never encountered the concept that India could be considered part of Asia till moving to the UK at 19. I’d also think that Iceland’s a shoe-in for the Scandinavian category - but then, I don’t live there! ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748/40 "2009-04-03T01:20:10Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > . I’d also think that Iceland’s a shoe-in for the Scandinavian category - but then, I don’t live there! [Nitpick] Per true definition, Scandinavia is the Scandinavian peninsula which is Sweden and Norway. But then Denmark and Finland have been added to the blend. Iceland (and the Faroe Islands) are like the odd cousin out. But they’re all part of the Nordic Countries. [/nitpick] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continental-feud-by-aspidistra-game-over/491748.md?page=3)