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by maxbiggaveli 217 days ago
The problem with this is that, for some folks, its not absurd or nonsense because that is not considered a "country name" to them. It is considered a province name. So the inverse (calling a province a country) is considered absurd/nonsense.
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> is not considered a "country name" to them. It is considered a province name.

Some people think calling the earth a globe is absurd. Those people are wrong. Is there any particular reason I should entertain their, hm, "opinion?"