The Difference between Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and England

[O'Callaghan]

As an Englishman (though partly Irish, of course) I always thought that the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands were part of the UK (but not part of Britain). In this video he has them in a separate category of their own (crown dependencies), which may be right but I'm not sure, and then he omits them altogether from the final Venn diagramme.

I'm pretty sure my previous British passport (rightly or wrongly) listed the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands as parts of the UK. I posted that in a thread once before, and was told I was wrong (by an American, LOL!).

Also, he definitely did not list all of the Channel Islands that have a separate government from eachother. Each of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, in declining order of size, have their own government, and I think most of these have further islands within their bailiwick, but he only mentionned the two largest, Jersey and Guernsey. Sark is in fact ruled by a feudal baron who doesn't allow motorised vehicles! (ETA: except for farm tractors) And yes, bailiwick is the official term.

[Kett]

That was fun AND fascinating! And I agree, slow it down for note-taking purposes, LOL!

[Gryphon noir]

That was really well done.

Now what we need is a similar video to unravel the mysteries of Canada.

Take language, for example. We have English and French as official languages in recognition of the founding cultures. The weird thing about it is that most of the colonists from France didn't speak a form of French that would be widely understood today. Many of the "English" speakers spoke a form of Braid Scots, Irish or Scots Gaelic, and in fact what we speak today would be almost unintelligilble 190 years ago. The closest to the original French is still spoken by the Acadiens, and the earliest English was still spoken in Newfoundland and the Gaspe one generation ago. And then there's all the Native languages, most of which are now extinct. One territory uses an Inuit language as an official language, but this too is a problem because fewer people are actually speaking it. Two generations ago there were Natives in Labrador who spoke only their own language and Moravian German.

Go figure.


On second thought, maybe it doesn't make nearly as much sense as explaining the difference between Great Britain, the U.K. and England.

[Woodsman]

That's what happens when your kingdom encompasses one quarter of the world -everthing gets twisted and everyone dislikes you.

Greatly done though. Maybe a similar video unravelling the celtic nations could help clear that up.

[Santa Wally]

Will that be on the FINAL EXAM ???