What's The Difference Between THE UK, BRITAIN AND ENGLAND?

Is London the same as England? Is Britain in the UK? Finally we end the confusion by learning the differences between England, Britain and The UK.
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[@blakegable3411]

Me: Googles “is Wales its own country?” Google: Well, yes but actually no

[@liamski629]

Wales is its own Nation

[@amediocrecatholic7398]

@@liamski629 geographically

[@jameshazelwood9433]

@@amediocrecatholic7398 Its one of the nations that make UK like Rep of Ireland one of the Nations that makes the EU

[@amediocrecatholic7398]

@@jameshazelwood9433 Yes, but the meaning of the term 'nation' is _twofold: _*_geographical/cultural_*_ and_ *political*. The former refers to a collection of people of common attributes (e.g., shared culture, descent, history, language, geography, beliefs, etc.), so technically it is synonymous with 'ethnicity'. For example, 'the Roman Catholic nation'. Whereas, the latter refers to your political _nationality_ -- of what countr(y/ies) you have legal citizenship of. This is listed in your birth certificate and passport. For example, 'British', 'U.S.A.', and 'Canadian'. Definitely, the geogaphical/cultural nationality of Wales is 'Welsh', but its political/legal nationality is 'British'.

[@jameshazelwood9433]

@@amediocrecatholic7398 Wales does have a government that has substantial powers as seen in the lock down periods but you are correct to say we are part of the Union that also has substantial powers I do not think that is enough to say we are not a nation though as culturally I would say we are certainly the strongest of the Celtic nations. Being British is geographical and means you are from the Island of Britain it is not national like being European is not national although if you are from an EU member state then obviously you live politically under that Union like the Welsh live under the UK Union

[@marcusp8728]

I’ve lived in UK all my life and never had it explained so clearly. Any chance you’ll be producing a t-shirt with the slang terms?

[@fairysoo]

I’ve never been so focus watching a youtube video

[@arijemeg5367]

Ikrrr

[@isa-lw7yv]

the American education system has failed me, this is very helpful!

[@OmarOmar-fh9pz]

Hello madam, how are you? I am really here to ask for help. I live in tragic conditions here because of extreme poverty. I am from Palestine, from Gaza

[@phatmaabdalla9280]

@@OmarOmar-fh9pz Allah may help you bro, Work hard things will be good .

[@jessicawhittaker3931]

@@BJWC the American Education system has always been a bag of shite, long before Biden my dude, you reached so hard though, good job 👍🏻

[@michaelhawkins7389]

@@OmarOmar-fh9pz stfu .

[@michaelhawkins7389]

@@OmarOmar-fh9pz shes not going to give money to you .,

[@BombshElle_7]

I'll have to watch this a few more times before understanding this. I never knew the British Empire was so vast.

[@YangSing1]

EpicElle7 It was the biggest empire in history, what do you expect?

[@dimieneyitemi1721]

@@YangSing1 don't flatter yourself

[@misstohler8528]

@@dimieneyitemi1721 Lmao

[@arghaghosh945]

You are talking about British then I should say British people are only those people who are from England

[@Thisorthat00009]

@@arghaghosh945 british people are those from England,Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland so basically the UK

[@deopsm]

Finally someone has talked about it....

[@hamzygaming]

Ikr

[@laurencesams2999]

He seems to have something against Canada with respect to the commonwealth and Commonwealth realms,never mentions it and it's the biggest C. realm.

[@jarrygarry5316]

As an Asian,I never knew about this I thought UK and Britain are the same.England is in UK

[@liamski629]

@@jarrygarry5316 please see my comment and educate yourself. I love to learn of different countries and traditions. Love how you life to learn. From the burgh of edin.

[@evocoil7715]

You take a buncha selfies don't you..?

[@yasserelhanafy4452]

Thank you informative . We need information about British titles: Mr,Sir,Lord,Lady,..... It is confusing.

[@ninjakeks9326]

See: Mister, Miss and Misses (Madam/Ma'am and Sir too) are normal forms of address for commoners, My Lord, My Lady (his/her Grace and other of this kind) are forms of address for the nobility - to be correct the peerage. If you are interested in form of address of the nobility feel free to use that link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forms_of_address_in_the_United_Kingdom I hope I could help you because I didn't found a video of Tom, explaining this.

[@amediocrecatholic7398]

@@ninjakeks9326 I read somewhere that Britons generally use 'Madam' and 'Sir' chiefly for non-nobility professionals (e.g., school-teachers, doctors) and 'Mister' and 'Miss' chiefly for complete strangers (in an informal/unprofessional context). Is this true?

[@jameszhang6028]

Am I the only one here who feel the host looks like Daniel Radcliffe?

[@TheWallowingMadman27]

James Zhang he does!

[@miegieeee8914]

No I thought I was the only one at first ahah

[@yousufsarfaraz2178]

Same

[@ericgazette291]

He does look like Potter. around the eyes. Or maybe because I’m an American

[@bearosa6290]

Yea , a cross between Daniel Radcliffe and Abe Lincoln!

[@eduardocandidodasilva3332]

Great video with lot of valuable informations! Watching this videos we learn not only English language but alsoabout History, Geography and the Politics. Thank you so much!

[@elisamastromarino7123]

This is fabulous information, Tom! I have always tried to explain the U.K. without knowing *_half_* of this! Just brilliant and thank you from the heart. 👍🌹

[@mikefilimon1584]

Great content as always Teacher Tom! This answered a multitude of questions which I never thought of asking. Quite fascinating!

[@muthuhari4284]

Thanks a lot. This really cleared my doubts. Keep up your awesome work!!

[@nurislamnuriskandar491]

Good sharing. It gets easy to understand although the author is saying it's complicated! Truly appreciated!

[@cresentejoromo6356]

Thank you so much Very educational Waving from Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

You are very welcome Cresente : ) waving back from London

[@jalaleltabouni3810]

Finally I understood the difference. Thank you so much. Very useful video.

[@krishnaprasadlamsal9800]

My questions got answered. thanks

[@martamello2464]

Perfectly and clearly explained. Thank you!

[@sutv6754]

Excellent. You hit it right on the head. This info is what I sought and I landed on your video. That was quite an education. Bravo.

[@MissionaryAnn]

Shared this with my class. Great Video!

[@monstersfight4171]

Awesome video ! i came here because my teacher gave me this video to watch and it´s really cool !

[@jisu222]

Exactly the answers i was looking for. Great video.

[@denfarc]

It's nice to learn all about UK. You explained it well. Thanks!

[@dineshbendre1]

Thanks for the detailed explanation finally I understood the difference.

[@IlGiglioNero]

You sent me back to my elementary school days with this video! :-)

[@gabriessamia5030]

Great explanation! Thanks!!

[@dramaturge231]

This was very helpful.

[@chenxishu7738]

Thank you so much Tom, now it’s very clear to me the difference of Uk and Gb

[@RWernsing]

Very well explained! Cheers!

[@starbornrise]

This is very well explained. Thanks from Kenya!!!

[@asiancultures540]

I think that your explanation is very good for foreigners to understand about the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland geographically and politically.

[@truebro77]

Nice one Top! Keep on keeping on!

[@farhanpervaiz791]

Very simple and informative thanks Boy

[@Vincent_Delta]

Thanks for the knowledge, Tom.

[@pattygalarce8019]

Wow really complicated Tom. Thanks for the lesson

[@WantedUniverse]

I didn't think I would be clear but you clarified it man,

[@taniyasusanvarghese4406]

Such a useful video!!!!Loved it😊

[@175_muhammadyudhiarabbani9]

I’ve tried to explain this to all my friends and they still don’t understand, thank you for making this one Tom!

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Great news! Well now you can save yourself the trouble and just show them this lols!

[@lindenbeck]

What is not understandable. You've really stupid friends. I wouldn't wonder if they're Americans.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

@@lindenbeck Hey, now. Only about half of us are stupid.

[@TheSerj007]

@@lindenbeck mister/ma'am, if you are from the UK and/or know this system pretty well, please do explain why Tom calls England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland "countries". If they really are countries, what is "the UK" then? Why are they not called "regions" or "states" like in the USA which would make more sense to me. I'm from Russia which is the name of the country. All of its constituent entities, depending on different factors, belong to a certain type (oblast', krai, republic, etc). Primorsky krai, the Republic of Mordovia, Tyva Republic, Moscow oblast', etc. - are simply different parts of the country named Russia (=the Russian Federation), each with their local laws (that still obey the laws of Russia).

[@lindenbeck]

Suicide Yeah you answered your question yourself. the Uk means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norrthern Ireland. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales

[@ashishraj3347]

Thank you so much for this information.. Keep going man.. 👍👍👍

[@perismcute5139]

I hope my work mates will understand now 😂😂tried to explain before but none of them really understood me.Thank you

[@klarakolonits7549]

Thank you, Tom! Great video.

[@MySofialuna]

The best presentation with anthems also❤Thank you!

[@tiffanyflores6385]

I came here to learn how to invest after listening to a guy on radio talk about the importance of investing and how he made $460,000 in 4 months from $160k, somehow this video has helped shed light on some things, but I'm still confused, I'm a newbie and I'm open to ideas.

[@christianmark3244]

Investing in stocks is a good idea, a good trading system would put you through many days of success.

[@heatherkay4982]

All you need as a beginner to make good profit from crypto currency is a professional trader who will trade on your behalf else may make losses

[@lawsondarius8821]

It is possible to produce superior performance provided you do something different from the majority. However most of us tend to pay more attention to the shiniest position in the market to the cost of proper diversification.

[@gabrieladam5185]

@@christianmark3244 You are right but the market is profitable if you are using a really good broker or account manager to help out with trades or provide signals

[@annajones2597]

Exactly, the trick is to diversify your investment, don't panic when everyone else is and invest consistently.

[@weslersonoliveira7119]

Thanks for the explanation... helps a lot

[@Mecko4711]

Well done, Tom!

[@richarddonato7739]

Thank you very much. I learned a lot. It enlightened my confuse mind.

[@Mikhail_Stasov]

Thanks for explanation. Things became a little clearer now. 🎩🇬🇧👍

[@shipragupta9233]

very nicely explained thanku so much i understood it the first time i watched it ......

[@silviaalvarez1896]

Great! Absolutely clear! Thank you!

[@Dazzling_Shadow]

Yayyyyyy!! Love this Video ❤️ Thanks so much for the Information 😊 But it's a bit confusing 😅

[@minativishwakarma3985]

🤣🤣

[@nachoswithnyesha201]

A really needed video

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Great! So pleased to hear you found it useful : )

[@rajugurungvlog]

Thanks for your information mate🤗🤗

[@user-wc6bs6zf2z]

Thanks. Now, it's clear to me.

[@theuglypaulus]

Thank you for the explanation Tom....

[@Sylviabea20]

Excellent explanation!!

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Glad you enjoyed it Sylvia : )

[@mattiemathis9549]

Thank you! That helped.

[@yearcher70]

Thank you. Well done!

[@americanjoe]

Thanks for the clarification

[@javifontalva7752]

I'm looking forward to getting your book

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Cheers Javi, it's about 3 weeks away : )

[@jacobrengma6340]

Confusion melted. Thanks a lot bro.

[@AAKASHH367]

U made it clear to my understanding all one country.

[@nigelkundisojowa3957]

This is a remarkable lesson wow.....now i understand

[@eliasleq]

This is an important lesson. I know many people who get confused. For instance, when I say I live in Ireland they say I earn my salary in Pounds not Euro... Things like that.

[@pejuangdunia3431]

very informative thanks mate

[@michaelmandioza8576]

Thanks for the lesson

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

Northern Ireland doesn't have a flag nor an anthem. Colouring it orange on your map is also very contentious.

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

@@BJWC I didn't express myself fully. Unlike Scotland and Wales it doesn't have its own separate anthem nor flag.

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

@@BJWC Yes but Flower of Scotland is used as its anthem and the St. Andrews Cross is its flag. The Welsh officially have Land of My Fathers and the Welsh Dragon. N.I. has neither.

[@rusticpartyeditz]

@@gastrickbunsen1957 Scotland and Wales may use songs as anthems, but they are not official. The Scottish and Welsh flags are national flags for those countries/regions of the UK, but the only official flag for the UK as a sovereign state would be the Union Jack As Ben said, the only official national anthem within the UK is GSTQ. And by default the flag for Northern ireland is the Union Jack.

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

@@rusticpartyeditz You're missing my point. *Scotland and Wales have agreed upon national anthems and flags, Northern Ireland have neither a flag nor an anthem the whole populace have embraced. *Okay they have two contenders but "Flower of Scotland", is the front runner.

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

@@BJWC England, Ireland and Scotland were separate countries, which is why the Union Jack is made up of the three national flags from each nation. Wales on the other hand was (and still is many ways), a principality of England. Yet, the Welsh feel unified enough to recognise an individual anthem and flag. Northern Ireland has neither of these things because no attempts of unification had been employed by Stormont prior to the GFA.

[@JSMaddy]

Thank you so much sir. I'm writing a book and my character is way more British than it was meant to be so I have to research a bit more now XD Thank you so much for the video!

[@thatsjustnotfair5888]

Have you published it?

[@abderrahmaneghalmane8863]

thank you very much !! you made it clear for us :))

[@vasyavasilevs3310]

Thank you very much,teacher Tom😉

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

My pleasure Vasya : )

[@Ortiz1602]

Great info!

[@ComradeJean]

Thank you so much for explaining this to me

[@divyanshiparwani4109]

sir this is very informative.thank you so much.....i was very confused between these,,,now doubts cleared,thanks again and lots of love from india

[@nelsonjesusalvarez6602]

Great info!!! Amazing videos!!!

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Cheers Nelson! Glad you liked it mate : )

[@L4NDIO]

Thank you it was very helpful!!!

[@drayonajayadev7686]

Nice lesson teacher Tom! Love from India

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

My pleasure Ayona : ) Hi from London

[@anushka4487]

Same it was very very helpful and I am from India too

[@HeatLure5324]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish London is just a city thats all it is 😂

[@deepakkapurvirtualclass]

Useful Video...

[@leslyjunior3321]

From the U.S. found this very educational

[@RaulSouza12w]

Thanks, clearly explaneid. ✅

[@godsendlove]

Thanks for this enlightening info... As I never know about it... Coz I thaught it's all the same...

[@diyaeelmas981]

thank you very much that was supper helpful

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

Very nice and informative video! I used to get the UK, Britain and England confused a lot too when I was younger but I've come to tell the difference now that I'm older and why these different names are used. Btw, doesn't also Canada have the queen as head of state?

[@YangSing1]

Didrick Namtvedt Indeed

[@pedanticradiator1491]

@Harun Mohamed she is the monarch of 16 independant countries in 15 of them she is represented by a governor general. Calling her the Queen of England is wrong.

[@AudioBoxNoCopyrightMusic]

Thankyou for this!

[@BrookBowenVideos]

3:26 is the "Cliff Notes" version of this great video. But I recommend you watch it all.

[@xxloloxxful]

I never knew this, thank u for the info.

[@fastwalker2163]

Hi Tom! May be you will be more feedbacking man: there is one very interesting and big theme - it's about "Home Counties" in Britain. See, please: would you mind telling us how to pronounce for example: 1. Surrey (I always call it "Suh- rrr- ay", but not "Sah- rih"). And Surrey consists of: - Addlestone - Runnymede - Spelthorne - Waverley - Woking 2. Leicestershire: - Melton - Oadby and Wigston - Harborough - ...etc. It would be very helpful - how to say all of Britain places :) And not only RP English! How it sounds in other dialect too.

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Hey Wasil, send me a message on Instagram and I'll try and pronounce them for you.

[@fastwalker2163]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish Thanx, Tom! But I thought it would be a very interesting theme for lesson not only for me... for a lot of people! :)

[@curiosity6984]

very usefull video. thank you very much.

[@BojanBojovic]

Great explanation. Finally understand that I understand nothing actually.

[@ChristosLouridas]

Mate I am in Greece now but, I studied in the England, I lived in England for two years but I never really got to learn the differences. Thanks for that even though it is an old video.

[@farahexplainsstuff]

Thank you sir,I needed this to decide if my protagonist is actually English and turns out he is! Again,Thank you so much!

[@myyoutube2910]

Your logo is genius! Props to the graphic designer!

[@Mimi-kz9ex]

Why am I watching this, I’m from England and know this stuff, lol (But I can see how useful it could be if u didn’t know)

[@itsjordanrenee]

Would it be wrong to say that Britain is a country? if it's not a country then what should I call it?

[@normanpearson8753]

That's why it's there .

[@Reneeptz]

Thank you!

[@momomutare7724]

Thank you for this

[@aryan4840]

THANKYOU !!!!

[@ricardollamas5418]

Brilliant explanation Mr. Potter. 10 points to Gryffindor.

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[@alicerossi_ap]

This is a lesson of a definitely higher educational level, thank you very much Tom 👍 I'm happy to have found out your channel about two years ago (.......I don't remember how 🤔): it's not just learning English 🙂 As for the subject of the video, it seems to me to understand that UK is a sort of "reduced-scale" EU....... more or less.......

[@YangSing1]

Alice Rossi Not really since the EU is not a country

[@alicerossi_ap]

@@YangSing1 I agree, that's the reason for my "more or less" 🙂

[@echo_felix331]

i’m australian i just never knew what the difference between britain and england was i learnt more than i expected

[@akmanii6225]

Clear , thanks

[@avilaleirazhura4242]

This is very goood!

[@Englishliteraturer]

Thnks a lot for giving this useful information i love to watch ur all videos 😍😍😍😍 u r great sir 😊😊😊

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Awww cheers Farman : )

[@Englishliteraturer]

@@EatSleepDreamEnglish Sir plzz slangs and british accent videos 😍😍😍😍 coz ur videos is useful for me i learn english through ur channel sir i love to watch ur all videos 😍😍😍😍😍