Great Britain, UK, England .. wut?!

MarkD said:
Hollydolly already straightened me out but I still found this little video helpful.

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yes the UK shares one Capital city which is London as a whole...... however all 4 countries also have ther own capital cities...:)

Ergo...
England = London
Scotland= Edinburgh ( pronunced Edin Burra) ( Not edinburg)
Wales- Cardiff
N. Ireland = Belfast



The capital of Southern Ireland which is not in the UK... is Dublin
 
Restroom is the most ridiculous.

It's not a place you go to rest !

He's not quite correct about the "get and have''...Get is very impolite when asking for something, gets everyone's back up, but the young generation are increasingly saying it ... however we usually say could I have..or May I have ....

he's correct about Got & Gotten... gotten raises most British people hackles...

While we're on the same subject.... we generally hate the American word Burglarized... here we say Burgled...

I say Vac'd on here with the majority of American members so people don't misunderstand.. but in common conversation with other Brits I would say ''I have hoovered''..



overall this guy is really good at having compared all the words correctly.. and he even does a very good Southern English accent....

I'm a little bit concerned tho'...that he thinks there's an N before the letter Z...lol
 
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PeppermintPatty said:
I didnā€™t know most of it either.
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The British Isles are a North Western European archipelago comprising over 5,000 Islands, dominated by Great Britain and Ireland. Geographically, it includes two sovereign nationsā€”the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland)ā€”plus the Isle of Man and Channel Islands. It is known for a temperate maritime climate, rich history, and distinct cultural identities.

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horseless carriage said:
The British Isles are a North Western European archipelago comprising over 5,000 Islands, dominated by Great Britain and Ireland. Geographically, it includes two sovereign nationsā€”the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland)ā€”plus the Isle of Man and Channel Islands. It is known for a temperate maritime climate, rich history, and distinct cultural identities.

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lovely balls ya got there heh?
 
hollydolly said:
Restroom is the most ridiculous.

It's not a place you go to rest !

He's not quite correct about the "get and have''...Get is very impolite when asking for something, gets everyone's back up, but the young generation are increasingly saying it ... however we usually say could I have..or May I have ....

he's correct about Got & Gotten... gotten raises most British people hackles...

While we're on the same subject.... we generally hate the American word Burglarized... here we say Burgled...

I say Vac'd on here with the majority of American members so people don't misunderstand.. but in common conversation with other Brits I would say ''I have hoovered''..



overall this guy is really good at having compared all the words correctly.. and he even does a very good Southern English accent....

I'm a little bit concerned tho'...that he thinks there's an N before the letter Z...lol
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I wonder if passports for the three countries of Great Britain differentiate between them. Do any of the three require passports to travel between them?
 
I'm sure you're all aware that the word 'Great' in Great Britain came about because originally there was Brittany, where William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy was based (Normandy is part of Brittany).

Britain was renamed after William crossed the Channel and conquered it. William changed from being William the Bastard to William the Conqueror, and in order to distinguish which part of his lands was which, Britain became Great Brittany, or Great Britain for short, while his original land holdings remained as Brittany.

Since then of course, the epithet Great Britain has remained, and many people believe that it's because of our now defunct empire that we became Great Britain. But they're wrong, it was entirely geographically based, and remains so.
 
MarkD said:
I wonder if passports for the three countries of Great Britain differentiate between them. Do any of the three require passports to travel between them?
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No the passports are the same..all United Kingdom...we're 3 countries under the umbrella of One larger one

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"The term ā€˜Limeyā€™ had its heyday during the early 20th century where it was used as a shorthand reference for English emigrants arriving in America, South Africa and Australia.

Its roots come from the British navyā€™s use of lime juice to cure scurvy during the late 19th century."

As an ex Brit now a Canadian with English and Welsh ancestry and a Scott in there someplace (is it Scot, Scott, Scottish or Scotch, and no matter as I prefer Rum anyway!) I dont know what I am but take no offense is being called a Limey with many of the welsh lot being ship-builders for the British Navy in the early 1800s being even a small part of that seafaring heritage is just fine with me!
 
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