For example, Sir Barry Cunliffe, the emeritus professor of European archeology at Oxford, argues that Europe has been geographically and culturally merely "the western excrescence of the continent of Asia".
fɔːɹ ɛɡzˈæmpəl, sˌɜː bˈæɹi kˈʌnlɪf, ðɪ ɪmˈɛɹɪɾəs pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ʌv jˌʊɹɹəpˈiən ˌɑːɹkɪˈɑːlədʒi æɾ ˈɑːksfɚd, ˈɑːɹɡjuːz ðæt jˈʊɹɹəp hˈæzbiːn dʒˌɪəɡɹˈæfɪkli ænd kˈʌltʃɚɹəli mˈɪɹli "ðə wˈɛstɚn ɛkskɹˈɛsəns ʌvðə kˈɑːntɪnənt ʌv ˈeɪʒə".