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Summary British Culture Chapter 1 and 3
Culture

2 Islands * Great Britain * Ireland

2 states * Republic of Ireland (Eire) (most of island Ireland) * The United Kingdom (Great Britain GBP) (the rest)

Used to be called British Isles => time of Ireland being politically dominated => no use
Used are IONA, The Isles, North-East Atlantic Archipelago => non widely respected
Most used Great Britain and Ireland => not correct * Geographically => ignores small islands * Politically => 2 parts with own policy (Channel Islands and Isles of Man)
1800 all one state => 1922 Ireland own state
Ireland wales and Scotland => Celtic
Other => Germanic
Today blurred but still there => own teams in sport events

Albion: refers to a whole
Britannia: romans gave this name to southern British province
Briton: citizen of UK
Caledonia/Cambria/Hibernia: Roman names for Scotland, Wales and Ireland
Erin: poetic name Ireland
John Bull: fictional character that personifies Englishness
Surnames: Mac or MC (Scot or Ire) O (Irish) Evans, Jones, Price (Welsh) Smith (Eng and Sc)
First Names: John= Ian= Sean. Scottish = Jock, Ire = Paddy or Mick and Welsh = Dai or Taffy

| England | Wales | Scotland | Ireland | Flag | St George Cross | Dragon of Cadwallader | St Andrew Cross | St Patrick Cross | Plant | Rose | Leek/daffodil | Thistle | Shamrock | Colour | White | red | blue | Green | Saint | St George | St David | St Andrew | St Patrick | Saint’s day | 23 April | 1 March | 30 November | 17 March |

Dominance of England
History: Political system, main language, aspects of everyday life
Political unification => England overpowered 3 others
Today: Bank of England controls money, Name of present Monarch (Elizabeth II), use of term Anglo
England is the norm and other 3 are special cases.
When something refers to England => never specified but other 3 are.
Also people from England say they are English instead of Britain.
9/10 are white British
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