tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post7323780112608932908..comments2023-09-05T02:29:27.235-06:00Comments on Britishspeak: Is England a country?Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-32671859022064607572012-09-01T05:44:36.593-06:002012-09-01T05:44:36.593-06:00Don't listen to old grumpy face. He's Sco...Don't listen to old grumpy face. He's Scottish and everything he says about England is twisted with wrath. ;pGerry Hatrićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06172504526073441190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-71933780811445954572011-04-13T20:39:57.534-06:002011-04-13T20:39:57.534-06:00@Expat Mum - I am delighted with the education you...@Expat Mum - I am delighted with the education you all are giving me. Very interesting about your genealogy research. The inbreeding explains a lot. I mean about regional identity.<br /><br />I hope you will continue to read here as I stumble through trying to learn more about England's distinct regions. The fact that the region you've chosen to live in, Chicago, is foreboding, to say the least. Still, I look forward to what I will find out. Thank you for your comment. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-4956139036443892892011-04-13T20:23:47.656-06:002011-04-13T20:23:47.656-06:00@Adullamite - You know how I hate to get involved ...@Adullamite - You know how I hate to get involved in private family matters, but I HAVE heard that England... Whoops! The UK, I mean... have decided to keep Scotland on for two more years. That's fair. Even you must admit that. I am studying hard and fast about the regions, both hard and soft, awful and sweet. The only thing I know (as you probably already know from reading my more ancient posts) about East Anglia is that there are beautiful Broads there, and that a portion of it is named after a Virginia city.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-27376087077176325892011-04-12T06:54:27.765-06:002011-04-12T06:54:27.765-06:00I think you'll find that most "Brits"...I think you'll find that most "Brits" will identify themselves by their country first. This isn't because of any animosity (altho the Scots sometimes have a go!), but because the four identities are so very different and individual that I would no more proclaim myself Welsh than French.<br />There is some 'in-breeding', but for many people, you can trace a family back generations and they will all be not only from the same country but the same region. I got my father's side back to 1645 in some branches. There was one Scot, no Irish and no Welsh!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-91662876912779288462011-04-12T02:00:53.373-06:002011-04-12T02:00:53.373-06:00E PLURIBUS UNUM ought to be a good legend for the ...E PLURIBUS UNUM ought to be a good legend for the UK but there is a problem. England! While Scotland was dragged unwillingly into a union England has, whatever they say, seen the rest as 'Greater England' rather than a United Kingdom.' Had they sought to recognise the various parts as one whole there would be little problem.<br /><br />England itself is divided. The triangle on south east England running through Surrey and from Watford along the south of Essex contains awful hard attitudes, the London attitude' and most of the cash! Not all have cash of course but those who do have lots! <br />The north is considered more working class with strange accents, although friendlier people. More like Scots than southerners. The mid landers are just plainly unintelligible! <br />East Anglia, especially Norfolk, is flat and has many US connections through the WW2 airforce based there. There are five old aerodromes near me alone!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.com