Great Britain, British, England, English, United Kingdom… Some people have trouble in using these words correctly to refer to a language, a population or a country. In case you’re Galician, how would you feel if a foreigner calls you Castilian? I bet as frustrated as if someone from Wales was called English.
-England, Wales and Scotland are
part of the right hand side island, Great
Britain.
-Those living
in England are English, those in Wales
are Welsh and those in Scotland are Scots. At the same time, all
of them are British.
-England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are part of “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland”. People from Northern
Ireland are called Irish, or British as well.
-In the left hand side island, we have two countries: Northern Ireland (part of the UK) and the Republic of Ireland.
-All the aforementioned people speak English.
-Some
people in Wales speak Welsh, some in Scotland speak Scottish
Gaelic and some Northern Irish
people speak Irish Gaelic.
In case you’re
still confused with those terms, have a look at these videos:
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Whales, Whales, bloody great fishes are Whales,
ReplyDeleteThey swim in the sea,
We eat them for tea,
Oh bloody great fishes are Whales...
as opposed to the actual chorus:
Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i’m gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i’r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i’r hen iaith barhau.
:-)
hahaha rugby time! :)
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