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england and stuff
can anyone help me relate the terms:
united kingdom (u.k.)
great britain
britain
england
britons
anglo-saxon
also, what is an english accent? like english people from england, right? but what is welsh and do the neighboring countries speak english as well and in relation to Americans, what accent do they have?
thanks guys
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just to add to isis' respince ^^^^, some films you csn watch if you want to see what the different Brittish accents sounds like are:
"Billy Elliot"...(northern England accent and his dad is Scottish)apparently this film had subtitles when it was showing in USA cinemas because no one understood what they were saying!
any Hugh Grant film ("Notting Hill", "Briget Jones"..that'd be a good one)..and his acent...how alot of us speak- well pronounced...although he is exceptionay well pronounced!)
"Kidulthood"...how the thugs speak..that sounds mean but its known as a "Common Accent :S "
"Bend it like Beckham" (the most commonly used accent...NOT INDIAN ENGLISH! haha...how Kira Knightly and "Jess" speak)
sorry if you didnt partiualarly want this i thought it might be useful to you /somehow :)
and theyre all really good films which give you a sense of diferent types of British culture:)
take care
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Well what I can tell you they have like you know Australia accent. Its more slanted I guess than in America. That the best I can do so good luck!
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I'm English so here goes:
The UK comprises of England, Scotland and Wales, because they are united lands.
Great Britain includes Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland governs itself.
Britain is pretty much the same as Great Britain.
England is where the English come from.
Britons relate to all peoples of Britain.
Anglo-Saxons are a mix of the Angles and the Saxons. The Angles were a Germanic tribe who migrated to England from an area known as the Jutland peninsula, which is shared by Denmark and Germany. The name England comes from them, as in Angleterre.
The Saxons originally came from an area in Germany and along with the Angles settled in what is now England.
Generally, the English speak English, the Welsh speak Welsh and so on. However, as with areas in other countries, you get different dialects, eg. Liverpudlian, Yorkshire, West country and so on. All of the countries making up the British Isles speak English, but they also have their own languages, although sadly, not everyone speaks them now.
It's difficult to explain the different accents, but we do have a rich and wonderful variety. If you ever get a chance to watch some Brit tv programmes, it may give you an idea.
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