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		mordechai9000 on Nov 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the a... Continental includes Alaska, as it's on the same continent, but contiguous does not.

rsynnott on Nov 14, 2022 | [–]

I mean, _you'd think_, but: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/CONUS#Usage_notes

marginalia_nu on Nov 15, 2022 | | [–]

Except in Nebraska.

gnubison on Nov 14, 2022 | | [–]

Good thing this acronym distingui- oh.

fortran77 on Nov 15, 2022 | [–]

So that would be CONUS instead of CONUS?

wink on Nov 15, 2022 | [–]

Never heard L48 though. Yet.

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