On 7/28/2019 10:01 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-07-28 4:09 p.m., S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 7/28/2019 8:48 PM, wrote:
>>
>>> I'm an Islander too... born in Brooklyn... Brooklyn is an island. a
>>> melting pot of all the planet's ethnicities, a far better island than
>>> racist ukelele land.
>>
>> Brooklyn is _not_ an island - it is one of four boroughs on Long Island.
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> It is one of four boroughs on Long Island, but it is not an island???? I
> have never been there so I had to look at some maps. I am trying to
> figure out how to get there from the mainland without crossing a bridge
> or taking a ferry. .... but it is not an island. ??
No, it is not an island. It is a _part_ of an island which includes
Queens, Nassau and Suffolk.
For example - I wouldn't call Scotland an island - it is _part_ of an
island, which also includes England and Wales.