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

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

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[@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?

[@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

[@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?

[@Thinkaboutit56789]

@@YangSing1 don't flatter yourself

[@misstohler8528]

@@Thinkaboutit56789 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..?

[@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]

@@Snusaddict98 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 .,

[@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?

[@truIys0]

I’ve never been so focus watching a youtube video

[@Arije01]

Ikrrr

[@MdSofiad-vn9co]

But why

[@mikefilimon1584]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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. 👍🌹

[@philstabler]

If you’re British and didn’t know this.

[@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.

[@martamello2464]

Perfectly and clearly explained. Thank you!

[@jalaleltabouni3810]

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

[@nurislamnuriskandar491]

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

[@denfarc]

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

[@cresentejoromo6356]

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

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

You are very welcome Cresente : ) waving back from London

[@krishnaprasadlamsal9800]

My questions got answered. thanks

[@monstersfight4171]

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

[@WantedUniverse]

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

[@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! :)

[@leslyjunior3321]

From the U.S. found this very educational

[@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

[@pedanticradiator]

@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.

[@jisu222]

Exactly the answers i was looking for. Great video.

[@muthuhari4284]

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

[@dineshbendre1]

Thanks for the detailed explanation finally I understood the difference.

[@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.

[@perismcute5139]

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

[@MissionaryAnn]

Shared this with my class. Great Video!

[@MySofialuna]

The best presentation with anthems also❤Thank you!

[@starbornrise]

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

[@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

[@chenxishu7738]

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

[@Vincent_Delta]

Thanks for the knowledge, Tom.

[@echo_felix331]

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

[@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.

[@BrookBowenVideos]

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

[@mitchconner6316]

What I've always found confusing is how England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are each their own countries with their own capitols and parliaments yet they come together to form a single sovereign state. That's pretty unique, right? Am I wrong in saying that would be like Canada, US, and Mexico joining to create a single sovereign state on the world stage? Are there any other instances of this?

[@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.

[@IlGiglioNero]

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

[@এলোমেলোডডকম]

Thanks. Now, it's clear to me.

[@alexdas1096]

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[@AAKASHH367]

U made it clear to my understanding all one country.

[@timphillips9954]

You would be totally wrong then.

[@dramaturge231]

This was very helpful.

[@herrprofessor]

Hi, Tom. You're an open book! You couldn't have explained it better! Many British people I know (a mate from Essex) says he was "English" and not "British", but many Northern Irish people identify themselves as more "Irish" than "British". All the best Carlos M.S.

[@lrdr5404]

Many people in Northern Ireland, in fact, don't identify themselves as British at all.

[@nakkadu]

@@lrdr5404 that's true, same with many Scots, people from Northern Ireland and Scotland are British though however they identify.

[@PS-ru2ov]

@@lrdr5404 I am from Northern Ireland and I say I am British, dont make assumptions I say i am Both Northern Irish and British alot of people here do

[@lrdr5404]

@@PS-ru2ov I didn't say you weren't British and, I agree, a lot of people in NI are British.

[@lrdr5404]

@@nakkadu No, not everyone from Northern Ireland should be called British.

[@nachoswithnyesha201]

A really needed video

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

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

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

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

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

@@Snusaddict98 I didn't express myself fully. Unlike Scotland and Wales it doesn't have its own separate anthem nor flag.

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

@@Snusaddict98 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]

@@Snusaddict98 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.

[@Sylviabea20]

Excellent explanation!!

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

Glad you enjoyed it Sylvia : )

[@javaidahmadwani4087]

I must appreciate your efforts. It was really great and the only request from me is to be a little bit slow while explaining. Thanks

[@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

[@farhanpervaiz791]

Very simple and informative thanks Boy

[@shipragupta9233]

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

[@americanjoe]

Thanks for the clarification

[@StrsAmbrg]

I saw once, around 13 years ago, Malaysian troops were working to guard the Queen's/the Royal Palace. What was that, Malaysian troops guard the Royal Palace?

[@myyoutube2910]

Your logo is genius! Props to the graphic designer!

[@BojanBojovic]

Great explanation. Finally understand that I understand nothing actually.

[@ricardollamas5418]

Brilliant explanation Mr. Potter. 10 points to Gryffindor.

[@RWernsing]

Very well explained! Cheers!

[@Dazzling_Shadow]

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

[@minativishwakarma3985]

🤣🤣

[@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" 🙂

[@jacobrengma6340]

Confusion melted. Thanks a lot bro.

[@Nocomment1]

Most people I know from the UK refer to themselves as British. I've always thought that Britain and UK were interchangeable. Thanks for the info.

[@PS-ru2ov]

I am British but I am also Northern Irish I am both Just like a texan is a Texan and an american

[@alliona502]

@@PS-ru2ov You aren’t British as the guy literally said in the video that Britain only refers to England, Scotland and Wales. A Scottish person is Scottish and British, a Welsh person is Welsh and British, but if you are from Northern Ireland than you are only northern irish.

[@timphillips9954]

LOL, not many people in Wales identify as British first

[@joshi897]

Interesting. As an American I never realized that the other countries had patron Saint holidays. Makes sense given there's more people of Irish descent in the US than English.

[@jnturner506]

Nice vid. Couple of comments if I may as a native Brit: contrary to your comment, England does NOT have its own government, while the other three countries do (Westminster is the UK government not English government). Also, we've always traditionally said "British Isles" , but now it's more accepted to say "British & Irish Isles". Not criticisms though, it's a great vid

[@normanpearson8753]

I've never seen ,"British and Irish Isles" either in print , or otherwise .

[@jnturner506]

@@normanpearson8753 You will going forward Norman, and in Ireland it's "Irish & British Isles". The collective touring rugby team for decades was the British Lions, but in this century it's British & Irish Lions. It's a recognition that historically the Brits tended to forget about Ireland...

[@pattygalarce8019]

Wow really complicated Tom. Thanks for the lesson

[@carlo_cali]

Thank you for making this video. This has always been a confusing subject for someone who prides themselves on geography. I think may need to review this just to get it straight. I had always wondered why I saw that white flag with the red cross across it at some Chess tournaments representing England, and then the common UK 🇬🇧 flag. Ugggg

[@VivienOge]

Finally, someone discussed the mystery🤔 Well done Tom.

[@VivienOge]

Thanks@Rule Britannia I had a friend from Nigeria, West Africa who's happily married to a Scottish guy. I remembered having an evening hangout discussion with him some time ago, I asked him ... Me: You're British right? Him: I'm Scottish! He sounded like he didn't want to be called British at all. Though I knew very little or nothing i didn't understand it. However, the only thing I understood was he's really nice and loving.

[@VivienOge]

@Rule Britannia Yea. Wow! Very helpful actually. The incident happened in 2013. He must have traveled for the vote in 2014🤔 cus his job at the time afforded him so many travels with his partner and I could tell such event must have been important to him. Well, He's one of the foreigners I'd not forget cus he treated my friend with so much love and was cheerful to people. Thanks for the information mate 😍

[@mattiemathis9549]

Thank you! That helped.

[@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?

[@cevantriplett6521]

yes, it sure did thank you.

[@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. 🎩🇬🇧👍

[@MichaelSidneyTimpson]

Not all commonwealth nations have the British Monarch as head of state.

[@mariusmitre492]

Its really confusing because of those lands who are part of more than one country and bear more than one flag.

[@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 .

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

That's very good to know. I confess I was also confusing Great Britain and The United Kingdom, thinking it was perhaps the same thing.

[@torey4322]

I’m still confused

[@old.not.too.grumpy.]

Just a few pointers.... there is no English parliament. There is no official flag for Northern Ireland and Flower of Scotland is not the official anthem it just a song adopted by various sports bodies and has become an unofficial anthem as Jerusalem is used as an anthem for England.

[@fastwalker2163]

Tom! One more question: do you know how to play the bag- (horn-)pipe? Can you play it?

[@truebro77]

Nice one Top! Keep on keeping on!

[@sagunsachan528]

Thanks

[@Mecko4711]

Well done, Tom!

[@klarakolonits7549]

Thank you, Tom! Great video.

[@ashishraj3347]

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

[@michaelmandioza8576]

Thanks for the lesson

[@gabriessamia5030]

Great explanation! Thanks!!

[@noxfog2517]

Now i get the meaning of U.K It's not only England but there are 3 countries too✔️

[@VictorVonDoom.]

*Countries

[@noxfog2517]

@@VictorVonDoom. 3 countries?

[@jackson1342]

Not really is just uk just like USA

[@damocles2240]

wales is a principality not a country has been attached to us since the 13th century I mean England.

[@timphillips9954]

@@jackson1342 Nothing like the US, I am Welsh we a culture language amd boarders going back over 2000 years, more than most other European countries.

[@Zohra-j3n]

Such a useful video!!!!Loved it😊

[@RaulSouza12w]

Thanks, clearly explaneid. ✅

[@nigelkundisojowa3957]

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

[@robvegart]

I would like to thank our fellow sovereigns from across the pond the UK for such that acronymous name as BREXIT. It's because of BREXIT we now have BLEXIT LEXIT JEXODUS and the new AEXIT ... Very simple and to the point! LEXIT is some times referred to as LAXIT, and Both are refered to but not directly related to the Walk Away Campaign, as well JEXODUS and AEXIT.

[@rajugurungvlog]

Thanks for your information mate🤗🤗

[@vasyavasilevs3310]

Thank you very much,teacher Tom😉

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

My pleasure Vasya : )

[@jrvegaboston]

Thank you.

[@janethvillacorta]

Why are there English, welsh and scotish football teams? And at the Olympics they play together????

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

janeth villacorta This happened in the past when it was an amateur competition and in the London Olympic Games to promote the matches, but that’s it. I teach and help football fans with English football vocabulary on my channel if you like football!

[@vadimzdonutube]

The individual countries of the UK have their own respective football associations so therefore they have separate national teams. The Olympics is different as those countries do not have their own Olympic committees, instead there is a British Olympic Committee, as they usually represent sovereign states

[@martinhughes2549]

The FA was founded in 1863, the Scottish FA was founded next, then the FAW ( Wales) in 1872. The first three football associations.

[@cathgod2541]

With such a complicated UK, no wonder people can't /could not believe in EU!!! Great video, which is clear and disperses all misunderstandings. Around me nobody agrees on crown dependencies and British overseas territories!!

[@javifontalva7752]

I'm looking forward to getting your book

[@EatSleepDreamEnglish]

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

[@nickoakley8465]

Not many people realise that people from the Crown Dependencies cannot vote in the general Election - but they DO vote in their own parliaments.

[@siuxsie8446]

I have a question: When talking about nationalities, Who should I call Btitish and who should I call English? 🙁😯🤕🤔