Shame there was no mention for our real best friends, Portugal. Reliable ally for centuries and the oldest continuous alliance in history still in effect.

@SweetBrazyN

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I agree, you can’t blame him though, we have a long history aha

@julianbarber4708

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@@hammock879 Apart from the two wars we had with the Dutch, you mean?

@sonofeast11

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I'm astounded New Zealand wasn't even mentioned once. New Zealand is probably the closest to the UK in terms of 'way of life' aside from Ireland.

@jimbo6059

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@@hammock879 We fought the dutch. They named their airport after a famous battle. Schiphol.

@josephturner7569

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Barbs does an addendum.

The “mouth” in British place names just indicates the mouth of a river. In regards to some individual places you mentioned: The “Ply” is Plymouth comes from the River Ply (“Ply” being an Old English word for “Plum tree”) Similarly Falmouth comes from River Fal (“Fal” being a Cornish word that meant either “Prince” or “Shovel/Spade”)

@Spiklething

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Um actually (and I only know this because I read it on Wikipedia yesterday) Plymouth is at the mouth of the River Plym. The origin of the name 'Plym' is also debated. Possibly, as you have mentioned coming from Old English for Plum tree but also may have come from Cornish meaning lead, possibly related to Latin 'plombum album' which means British lead, more commonly known as tin, which is found in Cornwall.

@odorikakeru

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Also, “-mouth” would be on the list of Anglo-Saxon names

@michael_177

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@@Spiklething hardest hitting "actually um" i've seen all week 🏆

@freethrall

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The Scottish equivalents of "mouth" being "Aber" and "Inver". Interestingly, these are prefixes as opposed to suffixes.

Mouth is the name of a town at the mouth of a river. Avonmouth is at the mouth of the River Avon etc.

@khymaaren

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Portsmouth?

@rasmusn.e.m1064

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And it's Anglo-Saxon in origin :)

@neuralwarp

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Wearmouth. Cockermouth. Plymouth. Tynemouth.

@jameslloyd20

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Port at the Mouth of the river. Port Mouth Portsmouth

We do get earthquakes, but like he said those fault lines are ancient and do not constitute active plate boundaries. Earthquakes do occur, due to a general stress in the rocks beneath Britain caused by distant plate boundaries. This always results in quakes which can be felt but on the whole cause minor damage.

@CrazyInWeston

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The very minor small earthquakes felt in this country is probable more from the stresses of the fact that the landmass over Scotland is very slowly rising having been previously being sunk by all the weight of ice during the last ice age and that London is slowly sinking. Land rising up in the north with land sinking down in the south is the most probable cause of these tiny tremors felt from time to time as the land shifts.

@julianbarber4708

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I have lived one mile from Loch Ness, in The Great Glen, for over twenty years and have felt only one very minor tremor in all that time. Spending one week in Zante in Greece, however, had a terrible quake, that nearly threw me out of bed!

@neuralwarp

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It's why Welsh people build their stone walls dry (no cement). They are geologically dynamic. My waller friend guarantees his walls for 500 years.

@wessexdruid7598

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@@neuralwarp Is he expecting to be around for complaints??

@angelavara4097

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The small earthquakes have caused enough damage to my block of flats to leave cracks so I can see the outside through them.

The original game of football was actually a really violent game, normally between villages during Elizabethan times. People would die and it would be legal, but those deaths were normally from people falling and hitting their heads on rocks.

Loved this reaction! As a Welshman, I'm actually impressed with your pronunciations of Welsh words in the "What does it mean to be British" part! And what the lad was saying in that section is what we had to say in school EVERY St David's Day (1 March). Just a few things to clarify from your reaction: 1. We do get earthquakes in the UK, but they're normally so small that they generally go unnoticed. We're not on any major plates, so we just don't get them to the extent of Japan or California in the USA. We had an earthquake here in South Wales a few years ago, but even that was just brief. It did measure about 4.5 on the Richter Scale, though. And when it was on the national news, the newsreaders in London couldn't pronounce the town where the epicentre was, so they just said "The epicentre was near Swansea" (my home city!). 2. The royal family are generally liked in this country, but they're not universally adored as people abroad might think they are, particularly here in Wales and to some extent in Scotland due to the history of invasions, etc. And it also depends on age. Older people generally like the royal family more than the younger generation, who aren't as into tradition. I'm 32 and I personally like that we have a monarchy. They're a big part of who we were as a country. But they're not as admired to the extent that non-British people, particularly you Americans, assume they are by us. 3. Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector over the whole British Isles for about ten years when the Kingdoms of England (which included Wales!), Scotland and Ireland were all separate kingdoms under the same monarch, and each became a republic within a "Commonwealth" for those years. Then his son took over for a bit, but he wasn't popular and so he fled and the monarchy was restored. 4. The strength of our Royal Navy absolutely played a massive role in our empire. And also the fact that we're an island. The countries with the largest empires in history have been ones with large amounts of coastline and ports - us, France, Spain, Denmark, etc., but being an island gave us an even greater advantage. 5. The telephone, the television and the world wide web were also invented by British people: Alexander Graham Bell (Scottish), John Logie Baird (Scottish) and Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (English). Also, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the oldest TV and radio broadcaster in the world, launched in 1922 (wireless) and 1936 (TV)! 6. School Houses in the form they're depicted in Harry Potter books and films are mostly found in our public schools such as Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester, Charterhouse, Llandovery, Repton, etc. and some public day schools. Some state schools may have them, but they'd be more symbolic or to break down the year groups rather than as official as they would be in the public schools. And compulsory education goes up to age 18 only in England! We have devolution in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, so our education laws are slightly different. Compulsory education ends for us at 16. It used to be 16 across the whole United Kingdom, but it changed a few years ago. 7. "Tatties" is the Scots term for potatoes. We call the "tattie scones" hash browns. Mushy peas - or "mashed" peas as you called it - are disgusting! And I'm with you on deep-fried Mars bars! I've never had them, but like you even the thought of them turns my stomach! 8. The measuring system in this country is unbelievably complicated! We still use some imperial measurements: miles/miles per hour, stone and even pounds, feet and inches depending on the context. And then metric with everything else! 9. The royal family are descendants of the House of Hanover and Queen Victoria was the last Hanoverian monarch. She then married Prince Albert who was her first cousin and from the German royal house Saxe-Coburg-Gotha when Germany was still individual kingdoms, dukedoms, etc before it was unified. So our royal house went from being the House of Hanover to being the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Then the First World War started in 1914 and it was slightly awkward for the royal family because all the royal families of Europe are related in one way or another through Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as many of their children married into other European royal houses. So basically, the kingdoms of all their relatives here in Europe were at war. There was massive anti-German sentiment here in Britain and we didn't like the idea of our royal family having a German name, so the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was renamed the House of Windsor in 1917. So again, the current royal family are descendants of the monarchs of the House of Hanover (i.e. everyone from King George I to Queen Victoria), but they're not the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha themselves. 10. And yes, we're a very complicated country/nation/sovereign state. Whatever you want to call us! But that's the British for you - we don't do things by halves! 😂

The royal family stopped being the house of Hanover when Edward the VII came to the throne because he was, through his father, Prince Albert, from the family of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. It is this name that got changed to Windsor in WW1. If that hadn't happened King Charles could be considered the first monarch of the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (from Prince Philip).

@donaldb1

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Looking at wikipedia, I find that the name of the family remained an issue when Elizabeth came to the throne. Philip suggested it could be "The House of Edinburgh", after his ducal title, but Churchill advised that it should remain the House of Windsor. Apparently Philip complained, "I am nothing but a bloody amoeba. I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children."

Marmite - 70 years of enjoyment and I like it thickly applied over my toast and then heavily layered with cheese and grilled. Delicious.

I'm British but I've been living in the south coast of Spain since last year. I also happen to live a 20 minute drive from Gibraltar (a British territory). Gibraltar speaks both English and Spanish but are proudly British. I've visited the territory many times since moving here and it's one of my favourite places in the world 🇬🇧🇬🇮

Don't forget The British Empire's Role In Ending Slavery Worldwide.CAVE LIONS lived in England and Wales during the Pleistocene era. They disappeared about 40,000 years ago.

@stewartmackay

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Of ending something they started and were the biggest perpetrator of. How kind.

@ayeready6050

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​​​@@stewartmackay How historically illiterate. Slavery has existed for as long as humans have so Britain by means no 'started it'. Even if you're specifically referring to the Atlantic Slave Trade, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to engage in the trade and were the biggest perpetrators with the highest percentage of enslaved Africans being transported to Brazil, a Portuguese colony. Even after gaining independence from Portugal, Brazil had no intention of giving up the trade. They only abolished slavery after the British Navy bombed some of their ports and pressured them into it. It really is fascinating when people like you frame slavery as something uniquely British when it has been practiced universally for the vast majority of human history, by every demographic. It is only mentioned in discussions about British history though, not any other nation. What is unique about Britain with regards to slavery is that it was the first civilization to develop a repulsion towards slavery. Britain was the first society (with the exception of Haiti because of a slave rebellion) to outlaw slavery. Britain sought not only abolish the practice within its territories but also globally, and it did so through diplomatic pressure and military might. Britain should be commended in discussions of slavery, rather than it be a permanent black mark on its historical record.

@araptorofnote5938

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@@stewartmackay A comment obviously based on extensive research - do please tell us more.

@ayeready6050

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@@araptorofnote5938 yep, neither statement is true and really just illustrates historical ignorance on his part

@PeterDay81

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@@stewartmackay You should have a look at THOMAS SOWELL - FACTS ABOUT SLAVERY THEY DIDN'T TEACH IN SCHOOL!Historians John Thornton and Linda Heywood of Boston University have estimated that of the Africans captured and then sold as slaves to the New World in the Atlantic slave trade, around 90% were enslaved by fellow Africans who sold them to European traders. So it is ok cheers.The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast.

"Coronated"! ?🤣

The "River Severn" doesnt empty into "Bristol bay", there isnt one, its called "The Bristol Channel" and it has the 2nd highest rise and fall of the tide in the world behind Canadas 'Bay of Fundy'

@jimbo6059

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Called the Severn Bore.

@alistairmilton6007

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There is a Bridgwater Bay though..

Oliver Cromwell was succeeded by his son Richard who was extremely weak and it was decided to offer the throne to Charles II

@andypandy9013

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Richard Cromwell's nickname was "Tumble Down Dick". 🤣

Mushy Peas, are in fact Marrowfat Peas, they are as hard as concrete, naturally and the size of a thumb nail but are generally round. The are boiled for at least 20 minutes to soften them, then they are very sloppy, so we mush them up with a potato masher but not as finely as mashed potatoes. Add a little mint sauce and they are very tasty. In the North of England we have them poured of a warm Pork Pie, mint sauce is added to taste, it's very cheap and filling. However all mushy Peas, tend to cause flatulence in most humans which also tends to be very, shall we say 'aromatic'.

@whitedwarf4986

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They are soaked overnight in cold water and bicarbonate of soda. To cook them, drain the water from the day before and cover with cold water in a saucepan, just covering the peas. Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 mins and mash to the required consistency. Adding equal amounts of salt and sugar at the end makes them perfect.

@no-oneinparticular7264

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I buy mine in a tin or from the chip shop.

@whitedwarf4986

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@no-oneinparticular7264 Haha yeah true. I've never made them at home, but I've worked in kitchens all my life.

Why is it that every video on the history of Britain has to mention slavery as if it were something unique to British history? I don't recall Geography Now mentioning the Atlantic Slave Trade in the Portugal or France videos.

We do get earthquakes, but not normally strong enough that anyone notices.

@johntomlinson6849

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I was once at work in a tower block in Manchester and all of us who had their desks against the outer wall felt a faint trembling when a "quake" hit.

27:55 The unicorn makes sense because in mythology its the only animal capable of killing the lion.

yeah ill react to that sure ❤

@michael_177

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Yeah I'll reply to That Egyptian Guy sure 😎

Hmm, I'm not sure what you mean Connor. We have unicorns running around all over the place up in Scotland.

The hundred years war (1337-1453) was actually 116 years long. It's said that the British were enjoying it so much they dragged it out for another sixteen years lol. 😃🇬🇧🇺🇸💜

@more-reasons6655

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Then a hundred years later King Henry VIII tried it one more time and only attacked Boulogne then called it day

26:42 A not a mention that the UK fought nations to abolish slavery .. hmz Telegraph went from station to station and then had to manually be delivered.

The telegram wasn't instant, but as close as you could get. The signal went from 1 station to the next via cable signal. Then sent to the next. If there was no cable it was sent by rail to the next postal station.

8:55 mouth denotes a town at the mouth of a river. side or port denotes a larger harbour town probably straddling the river. ford is a shallow point you can wade across. dale, vale, vaux, combe, cum are valleys of the river.

38:15 Scottish Gaelic is growing, newer estimates put Gaelic speakers closer to 100,000 people. there are also about 2 new Gaelic only schools since the 2011 census

@whitedwarf4986

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Do not lose that language, teach your children early and/or learn it yourself if you don't already speak it. Such an amazing language has to be preserved. Love from England.

“Coronated” isn’t a word. The coronation is the ceremony, but the monarch is crowned.

@neuralwarp

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Coronated ^is^ a word. It means it has protuberances, like a crown. The corona of the sun is coronated. Certain viroids are coronated.

@Pluggit1953

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@@neuralwarp OK, but it doesn’t apply in this case.

sunderland isnt 'macken' its 'mackem'. it comes from when newcastle (the neighbouring city) and sunderland were big ship builders and the geordies had the saying 'you mack'em (make them) we tack'em (take them)

The Bulldog is the "British Bulldog", not the "English Bulldog". As a kid in the 1960s we used to play a game like Hide and Seek by the same name.

@donaldb1

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Really? When I was at school in the 70s British Bulldog was a form of all-in war, frequently subject to official bans by the school authorities.

'Mouth', is mouth of a river. Agriculture is the most game changing event in human history; which lead directly to the second, the 'division of labour', which lead to literally every other event in history.

The House of Hanover ended with Queen Victoria, her children were of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as this was her husbands Prince Alberts House. This was then changed to Windsor during WW1 to anglesize the name and make it sound less germanic for obvious reasons at the time. Technically the house of Windsor should have ended with Queen Elizabeth II and KIng Charles would be of the House of Mountbatten after her husband Prince Philips house, but the queen changed the laws/rules so that her children would maintain the House of Windsor.

Our esteemed homestead genius here doesen´t seem to know that Buckingham palace is already in large part a museum and you can visit it as a tourist.

Portchester castle the last of a chain of forts built by Rome to protect and supply the coast was the navigable port in Roman times , as the harbour silted up over the centuries it moved to the " mouth" or nearer the entrance of the harbour - hence Portsmouth . The term mouth generally means the place where a river or tidal basin meets the sea .

The Royals we Saxecoburg-Gotha before they became the Windsors. Once you take your GCSE exams at 16 you can leave school, you don't to stay until your 18.

Another hard and fast Ally is Malta whose courage of all its citizens in WW2 was rewarded by the UK awarding the whole island nation the George Cross.

Clotted cream is for scones, not crumpets. Scones are a bit like what you'd call biscuits but they're usually sweet and are served as part of a cream tea.

"McJibbin" would mean "son of Jibbin" in Scotland.

I agree that the invention of the telegraph was extremely important to the development of the modern world, but the most important invention was undoubtedly the steam engine. imho

Apprently there was a kind of moose or horse in scotland that had a horn like i unicorn, probably just myth though. Weird how he said the abolishition of the slave trade was a 'dark period', i think its the opposite being the first nation to abolish the slave trade and turn their navy to the task of preventing the slave trade out of africa to the americas and middle east. It cost the uk so much that if you paid taxes before 2015 you contributed towards it, it took almost 200 years to pay off. We also learn irish in northern ireland if youre irish catholic, the protestants in northern ireland likely wont know much irish. Most people in NI in general wont know more than a little irish. Irirsh catholics also play hurling and gaelic football, girls play camogie which is like girls hurling, girls also do irish dancing, every girl i knew as a kid did irish dancing. We also all tend to learn an instrument, almost everyone i know would have played a tin whistle or recorder in primary school.

Birmingham is the second city, not Manchester, look it up.

Can't believe they had to BLEEP out the words " TIT" and "BITCH" from town names !!?? I live in the EAST MIDLANDS and my town is called CORBY (CORBEE). Originally KORI BY. Named after the 8th century Viking KORI and BY meaning settlement. MOUTH just means the mouth of the river the place is on. GREAT YARMOUTH is on the river YAR. LONGSHANKS was Edward 1st. You can go inside Buckingham Palace now, on a tour ! When the King is not at home of course ! Fault lines don't equal earthquakes ! The fault lines are what made the peaks, hills, mountains, lakes/lochs of the UK. They failed to mention that AFRICAN and ASIAN tribal leaders were selling/trading their OWN people as slaves long before the " white man" !! There WERE lions in the UK 12 to 14,000 years ago ! We Scots know that the REAL national animal is the HAGGIS ! MUSHY peas are eaten with fish and chips. They ARE baked beans on that Full Scottish breakfast. ( forget the mushrooms!! They are the devils Hemorrhoids !!). Clotted cream is served on SCONES not crumpets! The royal family's name was SAXE-COBERG-GOTHA. In 1917 George 5th adopted the name WINDSOR because of the anti German sentiment during the First World War. DON'T EVER DO THAT "SCOTTISH" ACCENT EVER AGAIN. You sounded like Mel Gibson in the shockingly awful, inaccurate film Braveheart !! We know where you live and we WILL get you, SASSANACH !! Never call TARTAN, PLAID !! She did a really bad job on the pronunciation of names for people !!

I am Englsh, (some Welsh family, I speak Cymraeg), my Spanish wife and I live in Spain. But not in a tourist area. Fun video.

Oh my i could not wait for this!

39:32 COE: Church of England, aka. Anglicans.

Paces such as Portsmouth are places built on the entry to a river. There are times when you can visit Buckingham Palace at certain times.

Both of them are crazies as hell... LOL!!🤣

We get some earthquakes but they're not usually a lot. Been living in my area (Teesside - and where the Tees in the Tees-Exe line comes from) for 30 years, only felt it once, and it was very minor. Woke me up, but I honestly thought the RAF were doing their night training exercises over my house again and went back to sleep. Wasn't until the following morning I heard on the news what had happened. Also, my hometown of Middlesbrough (in the area of Teesside... it's confusing) was mentioned. Woop woop. We aren't often mentioned anywhere, unless it's on maps of worst places to live

You can go in Buckingham Palace anyway ! Every summer June to August I think . You do have to pay though!!

The royal house was the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha which was changed to Windsor in 1917

27:24 And Wolves are BACK due to 'lobbying' ... well done xD

Actually the UK's longest ally politically and militarily is Portugal.

McjJbbin have you ever seen or heard of the film the wicker man? its Christopher Lee (Saruman) and Edward Woodward (which is a great name to say without the Ds... sounds like a fart in a bath) its Very English

FWIW I love your attempts at pronouncing stuff (!) and you almost always get the pronunciation right, which is more than I can say for Geography Now's contributors. You have a good ear for languages.

@wessexdruid7598

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Hannah... Good grief.

If you're on a British history binge I would highly recommend Horrible Histories, a show which began 2009. Not sure how fond copyright is of music, but start with the Monarchs Song and it's hard not to get hooked.

I like your reactions and not pausing a lot and even if you pause you just add little comments, just nice 👍🏼

Longshanks was Edward l. The island of Great Britain did have a native lion over 2,000 years ago. Our Mars Bars are your Three Musketeers, dip them in batter and deep fry them, for a heart attack. Your Mars Bars are our Milky Way. Portugal is one of England's closest allies.

Hi @McJibbin Shackleton's (or Wild's) Island was Elephant Island (though like Parsons or Swift, Shackleton was not British but Irish)... the mushy peas are there, I guess, to resemble the one of the five a day...

Yes we get earthquakes but they`re so small we often only find out we`ve had them via the news.

Edward 1st was longshanks, he was 6ft 2 which was huge by the standards of those days

Led Zep sang in an American accent because the records they imported (and often half-plagiarised allegedly) chaingang/plantation and delta blues tracks.

Oh you've got to try a lancashire hotpot

‘Canada is under the Commonwealth’? I suggest that it is a member of a voluntary organisation which it can choose to leave at any time. I hope it won’t, and it gives no current indication of wanting to take that step.

@user-xi6nk4xs4s

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I guess that's the problem when an US American creates these videos. He does a great job, but a lot is seen through US eyes.

'Longshanks' was Edward I

They got Sunderland wrong. They're Mackems, not Mackens. Dirty Mackems at that (I'm a Smoggy - you might also be able to guess why we're called Smoggies just from the name)

The fault lines are minor and ancient, not tectonic. So we do get earthquakes, but usually below 4 on the magnitude scale.

You are right. A constitutional monarchy means - in effect - that Parliament in sovereign and the King rules only with Parliament's permission. And it's been like that since 1688.

Tea mixed with coffee? Someone's never heard of a dirty chai (spiced tea with a shot of espresso)...

No Connor, what you are confusing yourself over were two different families per se, the Hanovers were the decendents and heirs of King George the first who was the first Hanovarian Monarch, Queen Victoria was also born a Hanover - the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent (who was the fourth surviving son of King George the third) but she MARRIED a German Prince.....Prince Albert of Sax Coburg unt Gotha, thus her Family name became Sax- Coburg, - until the first world war when her Grandson King George the fifth because of the high anti German feelings in a Country that was currently at war with Germany, changed the Family name to Windsor in 1917 in order not to incite resentment against the Royal family. another branch of the Family...the Battenbergs had changed their family name three days before to Mountbatten (anglicised version of Battenberg, German for Batten mountain) for the same reason....our late and oh so dearly missed Sovereign Lady was married to Prince Phillip of Greece who was actually himself a Mountbatten (Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma was his Uncle) but changed his name to Windsor upon marrying the Queen....hence why he was affectionately known as Phil the Greek.

I assume that the 'few hours' to transmit a message to India, included the paper-transcribed message being delivered to and from the local telegraph offices to the recipient. I agree that this is probably the most massively significant invention in human history.

I invented the British depth charge. Here's what you do. Get up in the morning, and before going to work, grab a spoon, and scarf down the cold contents of a tin of processed peas, a tin of garden peas, and a tin of mushy peas. Then go to work. Wait 6 hours. WARN NOBODY!

Charles 1st believed he had absolute power, parliament went to war to prove him wrong, then Charles 2nd came back as a constitutional monarch with limited power.

There are more than 300 earthquakes every year in the UK, but they very rarely (so far) exceed 3.00 magnitude.

I don’t think the wildlife section was covered that well since there are other animals he could have mentioned like red squirrels, beavers (re-introduced) or seals and aquatic animals.

It’s all his majesty’s law. Everything is prosecuted under the crown, he is the crown. But society wouldn’t let him interfere

In Welsh its Aber....so Swansea is Abertawe....mouth of the Tawe river. Good reaction, really enjoyed. Love & light 💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌻

@wessexdruid7598

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And in Scotland, Inver - Inverness, Inverewe, etc, etc

Awesome!😂❤

Darbyshuh not Derbyshire.....it's not Kentucky!

@neuralwarp

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Queen Victoria was of the House of Hannover but on marriage it goes after the MALE lines house. So her son was of the House of Saxe Coburg Gotha (which is a minor Wettin branch) They changed this to House of Windsor during WW1 for obvious reasons. Strictly speaking Charles is of his fathers house which is the German-Danish House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg..

The land the monarch own's is theirs come what may, so if they were deposed it would still be their land. Technically we do get earthquakes but mainly the are so small we don't notice them.

Connor learned a LOT today ahaha

16:00 that argument is pretty flawed before you’re convinced by it. All of Europe has palaces and towers but they go to the U.K. to see real monarchy. If we got rid of the monarchy our palaces would be exactly the same as all those other European ex monarchies. At that point we have very few attractions that set us apart from the rest of Europe

The UK's rival historically may have been France, but that isn't quite true. France was England's rival, Scotland and France were good friends (united by their hatred of England) and they had an alliance called the Auld Alliance, which if it were still in place today (which it might be as it was never officially retracted) it would be the oldest alliance in the world. England's ally was Portugal, and is apparently now the UK's ally, despite none of the other countries having formed an alliance with Portugal.

Yayyy for Llanelli! I used to go out with a girl from there. People from the Isle of Man are 'Manx', not to be confused with people from Manchester who are 'Mancs'.

Clotted cream on a crumpet? Have you learned NOTHING? Clotted cream and (then) jam on a SCONE (Devon style) is heaven. BUTTER on a crumpet is THE way to go...

We do get earthquakes but theyre extremely rare and minor :) never any big problems

As far as I know, you’re kinda right about early clan territory, more old fashioned highlander clans would often homestead in glens since if anyone attacked them they would have a way out and it would be impossible to attack from the sides due to the terrain. But it over time most of the clans became more political and were awarded land that they turned into estates and farmland, with threats of clan warfare being less of a risk as people would generally go to wars in factions instead

Mouth of the river

'Judy' Fowlis? Julie Fowlis, surely?

I get your argument about the telegraph... But I think the printing press is the most important. Knowledge dissipation.

17:22 - i live near Silbury hill

I didn’t know how long the video was when I started it was good tho

The culture section should definitely have been presented by a brit... everything was slightly off... pronunciation / nuance lacking

He forgot to mention tennis invented by the brits.

Lions did exist in England centuries ago and out National bird is the humble Robin. Regarding the food, they are called mushy peas and personally I think they are gross. Give me a proper pea every time.

Compulsory education ends at 16 not 18. Jay got that wrong.

Basically the UK is one big museum

Mashed peas - so they do not roll off the knife.

There are seven games in the Stanley Cup finals.

I come from the northern they still use them words today

…Mouth = England Aber… = Wales Inver… = Scotland

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There are Aber's in Scotland- Aberdeen Aberdour., but as in part of Scotland that was pictus ( presumed to speak brythonic celtic language. Similar to Wales.

Dragons are welsh. The red is a common breed. Dim broblem.

The 6 counties in Norrhern Ireland are not disputed... as entities. We in NI cant all agree in much but we can all agree they exist haha They just not run as seperate entities. We have 11 council areaa which are administered individually.