On 21-9-2012 15:32, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> The UK is a small, densely-populated island.
>>
>> Well it is also the eight largest island in the world by area and the
>> third by population.
>
> OK, this bothers me. Since the planet is more than 50% water, surely
> *all* land masses are surrounded by water on all sides, and are
> technically "islands"...
Worse, all water is surrounded by land and are technically lakes.


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