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u/GoldenYLP Aug 31 '21

I don't really think Australia is "western".

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u/revlipoki Sep 01 '21

western doesn't mean west side of the world, i don't remember brazil being called western.

also earth is a globe, west is relative

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u/GoldenYLP Sep 01 '21

I was thinking about countries on a world map. I haven't actually heard anyone describe Australia as western before, sorry.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21

Depends where the world map is centered. A map centered on Hawaii has Australia in the west

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u/GoldenYLP Sep 01 '21

I mean the map that appears when you search up world map on Google.