Us Brits have been waiting a decade for this, and I couldn't be more grateful it is finally here 😂🙌

@LB1973

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I've been here since about Algeria!!

@22ym36

11 ай бұрын

Same😂😂😂😂😂😂

@WalesTheTrueBritons

11 ай бұрын

The Brits? Define Brit please? Do you mean geographically British like the English and Scots, or Culturally British like the Welsh?

@kitnal4143

11 ай бұрын

@Truth Before Opinions Welsh people are still British (as much as Scottish and English 😂). Culturally all three are ad unique as eachother, with Scotland and Wales sharing quite a bit thanks to their celtic routes (also Cornwall but we don't talk about them). Brits = England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland. Although all of those countries would rather be called by their defined names (English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish) to different degrees.

@benjason_94

11 ай бұрын

9 years*

I'm pretty sure the Unicorn thing really happened in Scotland. And Welsh Dragons just haven't been discovered yet. Lol in any case hope you enjoy this fun little "side quest" video and Thanks to José from the Spain episode for Guest starring! ALSO!! HAWAIIAN Geograpeeps! hit me up! I need you for the USA episode! UPDATE: I accidentally said “God is my right “ when it’s God AND my right” lol I accidentally mistook “et”with “est” when talking fast

@wi11ow8

11 ай бұрын

You guys did great on the UK episode! Cant wait for whats next!

@howto302

11 ай бұрын

@FancyClassy Yeah me too

@howto302

11 ай бұрын

Shaka Laka Boom boom???

@cvg114

11 ай бұрын

Love this!

@Schlesticle

11 ай бұрын

Please answer my email

I’m not British but the UK episode has got to be one of my favorites

@matheusvmoraes

11 ай бұрын

Same

@codewithmarley

11 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@sup3rAVATARtlafAN

11 ай бұрын

It was great

@iamahuman7805

11 ай бұрын

Same. But I am British :)

@EightThreeEight

11 ай бұрын

Very glad that Barbs and Jay did my nation proud.

I love how much culture is in the UK. The flags, the emblems, the accents.

@codewithmarley

11 ай бұрын

LOL. I know! Especially here: 4:50!

@ONI_002

11 ай бұрын

too bad they dont accompany the culture with collective intelligence

@manning0

11 ай бұрын

​@@ONI_002 the irony

@JimmyJr630

11 ай бұрын

@@ONI_002 Literally invented some of the most important things in history

@Crimsrn

11 ай бұрын

@@ONI_002 have you seen the usa? 🤦‍♂ and where do you live exactly...

Random fact: A British rock band named Queen has their symbol based on the coat of arms, they switched up the animals on the coat of arms to their zodiac signs. 2 Lions for Roger (drummer) and John (bassist) for Leo 2 fairies for Freddie (lead singer and pianist) for Virgo And they switched the crown into a crab for Brian (guitarist) for Cancer. And they changed the emblems into a letter Q for Queen

@admechskitarii6967

11 ай бұрын

Wow! Can’t wait to hear more from this small and obscure British band called Queen

“If I had kept all the information that was in the original script. The episode would’ve been like over 5 hours long I swear” I see no problem here.

@sofiaormbustad7467

11 ай бұрын

Same

@KabalFromMK9

11 ай бұрын

But then that would only increase the amount of people demanding longer episodes for the A-to-C-ish country episodes 😆

"you know how crazy Brits are for tea" Legend has it destroying tea causes UK to declare war on your country

@chrisoddy8744

11 ай бұрын

At the time, destroying tea caused us to invade ourselves...!

@moelden-ford912

11 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. It’s a big deal for us

@billyr2904

11 ай бұрын

China invented tea

@Crimsrn

11 ай бұрын

@@billyr2904 i'm pretty sure the tea plant invented tea

I love how the british culture is encapsulated perfectly in the uk episode

@lukea997

11 ай бұрын

Not mentioning the North South divide is a massive omission, I loved the episode but not mentioning it was bonkers :(

@Andy-hr2kf

11 ай бұрын

​@Luke Austin I think you need to chill. There is only so much that can get in the video, and some of us want to focus on what unites us not dividing.

@lukea997

11 ай бұрын

@@Andy-hr2kf maybe so but it is a massive part of of our culture and history

@WalesTheTrueBritons

11 ай бұрын

British culture? The video clearly shows you how there isn’t a single culture, but three. English (Anglo), Scottish (Scoti) and Welsh (British).

@thevis5465

11 ай бұрын

There is no such thing. I am Scottish. Never British.

I know it's silly but I'm so glad that you added Portugal to the friendzone as they are indeed our oldest ally.

« Dieu et mon droit » actually means “God and my right” Amazing video as always

@JonathanReynolds1

11 ай бұрын

“God” represents the Monarchy (King ordained by God to rule) and “Right” represents the people’s right to democracy.

@achille5941

11 ай бұрын

Fuck it you were faster than me

@javiersoria3913

11 ай бұрын

​@@JonathanReynolds1It represents the former claim of the English monarchs over the kingdom of France back during the Hundred years war

@Z4n3yB01

11 ай бұрын

i think he misread « et » as « est, » and that's where the confusion comes from.

@spaghettiisyummy.3623

11 ай бұрын

Est and et are too Similar.

I've learned more about geography from gn than textbooks. Facts. keep it up barbs, we're with you!

@ARCtheCartoonMaster

11 ай бұрын

As in school textbooks? In which case, isn't that the case for most people?

@ZidaneHamid

11 ай бұрын

@@ARCtheCartoonMaster yes, school textbooks

About that wikipedia article: there is indeed an English wikipedia article about geography now, and there are also articles about this channel in Russian, Finnish and Hebrew. I was actually surprised to see that there's one in Hebrew, especially considering that I'm an editor of the Hebrew Wikipedia for a few years now.

@OGrandomunknownperson

11 ай бұрын

Jew? German?

@hovtchil873

11 ай бұрын

​@@OGrandomunknownperson go somewhere else

@OGrandomunknownperson

11 ай бұрын

@HovTchil i was asking question. I stay somewhere

4:35 - glad you made this point. so many numpties think this is some symbolism of "English oppression" of Scotland when in truth it was simply the Scottish King - William the Lion - saying he could properly control and govern the country and given he was the longest reigning monarch of the Scottish throne, it was a pretty apt statement.

I just realized that after Queen Elizabeth II's passing and King Charles III's accession, the UK's coat of arms was slightly changed from St. Edward's Crown to Tudor Crown to suit King Charles's royal cypher.

Everybody always asked “Where is Wales” but nobody ever asks “How is Wales?”

@ms_scribbles

11 ай бұрын

Or "Why is Wales?" (Kidding, kidding. Wales is actually my favorite country in that area.)

@maxdavis7722

11 ай бұрын

@@ms_scribbles why?

@romeblanchard3419

11 ай бұрын

When is Wales?

I find it really frustrating that Cymru(Wales) is still not represented on the Royal coat of arms. Especially when you consider England and Scotland are represented twice on their respective versions. I appreciate that there are historic technicalities behind this. But to still have zero presence on these symbols in 2023 is bloody annoying!!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Maybe old Charlie boy can instigate a change!😎

@margaretwilson8736

11 ай бұрын

The Green King can add a bit of green, surely! Besides, he was Prince of Wales long enough… I’m rooting for Wales, too! :D

@EggPotionFilms

3 сағат бұрын

As a Brit living in London, I love Wales Scotland and NI too and would love full representation :)

4:22 Just want to point out, Scots is a language, not a dialect. Scots is listed on the European Charter of Languages, which has been signed by the EU, UK Govt., and Scottish Govt.

Another interesting fact regarding wales/friendzone: There’s a Welsh speaking community in Argentina who descend from Welsh Settlers, and as far as I know, there are at least a couple of bilingual Spanish/Welsh schools.

@OGrandomunknownperson

11 ай бұрын

Not in Beunos Aires, idiot, I use to live there (not argentine tho)

@clases_idioma_arabe

10 ай бұрын

Nobody cares

@OGrandomunknownperson

10 ай бұрын

@@Dan-B wow so clever. dude are you 14?

@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986

7 ай бұрын

This was actually mentioned (a long time ago) in the Argentina episode I remember watching it and being amazed that there was a welsh community in South America

Jay Foreman being in the video perfected the episode.

Barbs mentions Portugal Portuguese: Ah ... Justice!

It was a great episode the only thing that I would have liked to have seen as a Black Brit would have been something about the Black British music scenes in the UK in the music segment whether our take on hip hop, soul, jazz, reggae, dub poetry, Afrobeat and garage or native scenes like Jungle, Grime, Trip Hop and 2tone as well as our DJ and sound system cultures our influence on music in this country is disproportionately huge, fun fact the first Black artists played on MTV were Musical Youth a UK reggae group

@johnnylongfeather3086

11 ай бұрын

Good grief.

@ejl1000

11 ай бұрын

To be fair, to even attempt to cover British music would have been an entire episode on its own! He barely scratched the surface in the episode as it was.

@Carno_Yujia

11 ай бұрын

@@ejl1000 ^This

@Mmjk_12

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, it would have been interesting to hear about the post-war migrations of African and Caribbean people and their influence on the UK today, for only 3% of the population the impact on modern-day British music, food, culture and lifestyle has been huge.

@letsgoraiding

11 ай бұрын

Assimilate or leave.

3:01 Why add the St David’s cross to the Union Jack when you can add the dragon? You won’t be disappointed with quick google image search of “Union Jack dragon”

Great stuff!! As a huge anglophile this week has been amazing. The BOTs, the flag, the episode itself. KEEPS GETTIN BETTER 😭😭😭

UK episode was epic, proud Brit here!

Sad how only a few more countries are left till the end thank you barbs for helping with my geography

This was absolutely amazing! 1k views in ten minutes! Great video

Man I was expecting some facts about the 4 flags (3 constituent countries + the banner of Ulster) and even about overseas territories and crown dependencies.

The UK episode was so good that I was surprised that nearly a whole hour had gone by when it ended. It could very well have been longer and we would have been happy with that! You do a great job. And I need to get my act together and send a package. How is Gabs doing after the break-in?

Thank you so much for putting a spotlight on my home country. For a country rich in so much, we often go unheard so diolch yn fawr.

Love this series especially

Great content as always.

I love that you rectified everything you missed in the main episode! Even things like the coins making a shield!!! Well done Paul!!!

I love! LOVE! the flag of the UK, but I love this series more!

THANK YOU BARBS for not saying the "nobody watches these anyways"... Made me feel weird since I ALWAYS watch Flag Friday

I mean, I would love a 5 hour long Geography Now video. It would probably cost alot to make, but personally the time isn't really an issue when you got to wait a month or more (excluding flagf fridays and filler week episodes) before the next video's out.

I've been living there for over 6 years now. I'm for every grateful for it ❤

Ah finally, after seeing the australia fiji new zealand and tuvalu episode we finally learned what that crossy thing on the corner of their flag is actually about

wow, that's great. Keep it up gn, i've been watching you since 2014!1

Of all the Overseas Territories, Gibraltar 🇬🇮 is the only one that doesn't feature the Union Jack on it. Adopted in 1982 it features a two colour flag widthways with the upper 2/3 white and the bottom third red with a red castle and golden key in the middle. The white two thirds represents (according to World Atlas) Peace and Honesty, the red bottom third can be interpreted as the blood shed for those who fought for Gibraltar and the castle and key represents its strategic location at the point where the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean meet

Doing a VERY GOOD JOB teaching us about other nations... MANY THANKS 👍👍😊😊

Amazing video!

@cvg114

11 ай бұрын

Also happy to be first

Ahhhh yes, finally it was on Friday sgsin

ive waited long for this one mates

I love youre content best geography video!

Another amazing video

@Mr.WestcottX

11 ай бұрын

Yup

I couldn't even tell you when I started watching. I know I stopped watching for a bit and came back for the Spain episode. I've seen every episode and am ready for USA!

You are a legend

When the flag is flown upside down, it is indicative of a state of distress. It is theoretically illegal to fly it upside down as well

@Charlzton

11 ай бұрын

It is not illegal to fly it upside down unless in a situation where it could be credibly seen as a misrepresentation of a state of distress (which in modern times would practically never be the case). The UK have no “flag protection” regulations or laws à la USA

@nakkadu

11 ай бұрын

Except that it's always upside down depending if you look at the front or the back of it 🤔

Fun Fact: The very Arthurian legend he speaks of can be visited today. Dina's Emrys. Where the Dragon still sleeps.. (ps. I appear in the UK video!)

Thanks for correcting Mackem!

Thank u 4 getting my postcard!

Whoa, 1:36 - Barbs was like 15 minutes down the road from me at one point!! Can't believe of all the (infrequent and minor) errors in that 47-minute epic, it was Hannah missing a single stroke of the pen when reading out 'Mackem' that got people riled up the most. Don't mess with those Sunderland folk!

Awesome video

Finally! Flag Friday ON Flag Friday!

Wembley Stadium was misspelled in the original video. Enjoyed the UK episode. Most of my family tree is from the UK or France.

There’s a really big movie industry in the uk with Warner brothers and Harry Potter world just outside of London in Watford.

You didn't quite nail the explanation of the design of the flag. The St Patrick's cross isn't shrunk, it is split half and half with the Scottish saltire in a pinwheel layout (ie white on the clockwise side, red on the anticlockwise side) but then a white border is added on both sides to comply with the heraldic rules of tincture. Ok maybe I didn't explain it any better, it's a little complicated.

3:36 « Dieu ET mon droit = God AND my right ». 😊👍

A few things I want to add to the UK episode: The third largest city in the UK is actually Leeds, not Birmingham. Birmingham is second, Manchester is only considered the top 4 when you include Greater Manchester, which is a county, not a city. Counting places like Bolton, Wigan etc into Manchester is like including Pasadena into LA. It doesn’t count. I wish you included the division between North and South England, they are polarised just as much as England is from Scotland. In the music section, it would have been nice if you mentioned the plethora of genre's that emerged from the underground London scene: -Jungle -Dubstep -Grime -Drum n Bass -Garage -Future Garage etc. Other than that, great video!

@HekatieSquires

11 ай бұрын

They actually said that Manchester is 2nd and Birmingham is 3rd which hurts my soul as the descendant of like 10 generations of brummies 😂

@samdaniels2

11 ай бұрын

@@HekatieSquires You’re right! My bad, but my point still goes that the largest cities by population are: London Brum Leeds Glasgow etc

@matthewregister6845

11 ай бұрын

If you're looking only based on city the limits then Birmingham is the largest city in the UK not London which is obviously wrong. Manchester has a stupidly divided council system within its urban area. If you look at urban area, metro area, or travel to work area population, Manchester is the second or 3rd largest city - with an incredibly similar population to Birmingham. The idea of Birmingham being the second city is becoming more and more outdated now, Manchester's economy has grown at an incredible rate and the city's population has expanded rapidly, both outpacing Birmingham for a number of years now. Visiting Manchester is evidence enough to know it's not 5th largest or whatever the city council boundaries include. The truth is Manchester and Birmingham are very similarly sized, with certain criteria giving Manchester the larger population while others give Birmingham the larger population. If you can't recognise this fact then you really need to do some research. For reference I'm not from Manchester, I'm from Cardiff so I come at this from an outsider's perspective.

@thomasm.creamer2728

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, Manchester is bigger than Leeds when you consider the metropolitan area, which is how most people define the size of cities internationally. I don't know how he ranked Birmingham below Manchester, but Manchester is more populated than Leeds by any reasonable measure.

@HekatieSquires

11 ай бұрын

@@matthewregister6845 I know, it still causes me psychic damage though 😂😂

Love your flag episodes, especially when there is red in the flag

Yyyooooooo😻😻😻❤❤❤ Finally Fan/flag Friday ❤😻

I could say that the UK flag is the most aesthetically pleasing in the same manner as the Qatar flag

@Tay12345

11 ай бұрын

3 flags are better than one!

@thetimelapseguy8

11 ай бұрын

UK, South Africa, and Brazil have the best flags imo.

@fatimahanwaar306

11 ай бұрын

@@thetimelapseguy8 so does Qatar

@dangerousshoes

11 ай бұрын

Kazakhstan has a great flag too. I really love the shade of blue.

@fatimahanwaar306

11 ай бұрын

@@dangerousshoes I love it too (it's the opposite of red called Cyan)

This is going to be interesting

Dieu et mon droit translates to "god AND my right" not "is my right". If it was "is" it would be "EST" not "ET". From Wikipedia: The motto is French for "God and my right", meaning that the king is "Rex Angliae Dei gratia" ("King of England by the grace of God"). It is used to imply that the monarch of a nation has a God-given (divine) right to rule.

“Dieu et mon droit” translates to “God and my right”, not “God is my right”. Since the British coat of arms is also the personal Royal Arms of the Monarch, I believe it’s referring to the ancient belief of the Divine Right of Kings, where the Monarch is the Monarch because God said so.

W video GN

man the last time i watched this channel it was the spain video. and before that the russia video. ✨time flies✨

We love seeing the Groningen flag

the letter your country starts with is really like a risk-reward system you can live in a country at the start of the alphabet, and you will get a Geography now episode very fast but it will be kinda lame you can live in a country at the end of the alphabet, and you will have to wait a LOOONG time to get a Geography now episode but it will be super awesome

Love United Kingdom from Uruguay 🇬🇧🇺🇾💙

Haven't seen the other ep yet. Maybe I should wait for the 5 hour Director's Cut. Would be totally up for that. :) Can I move there for their flag, alone?! (Though the Welsh language would scramble my brain. Wow.)

Fun fact; traditionally the Lancashire county flag is a white background with a red rose, but it was never registered with the Flag Commission. When they tried to register it they were told it was already taken, so they had to switch to the yellow background. Often you'll see both flown around the county.

Can't wait for USA video

Few mistakes: it's Louis Le (he) Prince and not Louis La (she) Prince ; “Dieu Et Mon Droit” means “God AND My Right” (not “God Is My Right”), otherwise, still rocking since next to 10 years now! Sorry, but yes, I still watch Flag/Fan Day ! 😅

They really couldn’t just add a tiny bit of green for Wales or something? 😂

@Sun-Tzu-

11 ай бұрын

It would ruin the colour pallet 😂 and everyone would think it was just Ireland again...

@stargazer-elite

11 ай бұрын

They should Just make the blue on the bottom green

You post this on Friday!

Hey Geography now, I have sent you a couple of letters for the UAE and UK episodes but they have not been in the episode. Hope fully I will be able to get another one to you! From, Arav (your biggest fan)

You better mention Puerto Rico as part of the United States in your USA video or else... I'll just be internet unhappy but still continue to watch all your videos. Love your content for the last many years.

The flag of my county Devon is one of the newest in England and it represents us well

Ooh I can actually use my Medieval Languages degree! "Dieu et mon droit" actually means "God and my right" alluding to the divine right to rule. It is in Old French, likely in what we call Anglo-Norman French which came about post-Conquest and really hit its stride in the reign of Henry II.

Excellent job, just one note on Scottish education. We don't do GCSEs and A levels as Scotland have a completely independent or 'devolved' education system. Healthcare, town planning and the legal system are also devolved. Again, great job. This was a mammoth episode!

I'm a 38 year old Brit, and it took until this video to learn about the coins! I never even realised! Amazing!!

long awaited

You should do one 30 min one on the US that mentions the states and territories and talks about things that are generally holistically true and overarching differences, then do a few on different parts of the US when you finish the alphabet. Otherwise you'll have to cut out LOADS of interesting things I'd love to hear about. (Though I'm happy for a 3 hour episode as well!)

7:54 i saw it get to #4 Trending in the UK!

You should have mentioned the peregrine falcon - fastest bird in the world resides in the UK. Think you missed birds in the animals section. Good episode though!

Where can I sign up to see the 5 Hour version of the UK video? :D :D

I forgot to comment this, but Scotland has its own Supreme Court, since the UK didn't establish one until 2009.

The USA episode should be over 5 hours long, featuring a guest from every state

@jasonirwin4631

10 ай бұрын

Nah just have ben Brainard doing every one of his state characters.

4:47 Unfortunately the pound coin here is no longer in use, it got changed to a 12 sided coin in 2016 and now displays a Tudor rose, some sort of crop (maybe wheat?), a thistle and a shamrock clover with a crown around them

@owenhay7154

11 ай бұрын

It’s a welsh leak!

@taggymcshaggy6383

11 ай бұрын

Its still a pound coin just a different design

@scurly0792

11 ай бұрын

@@taggymcshaggy6383 yeah, that's why I said "the pound coin here (at the timestamp)" because it's a different coin now

Bermuda is like: "So we don't exist to you?" 🥺😢😭

culture is lovely

I like the positive vibes of this channel.

Yes

Before you get to the U.S. episode, check out how to pronounce the various regions of the country. Appalachia is pronounced: App-a-lah-cha. 'Cha' as in 'chariot' and 'chase'. Just trying to save you some (any?) backlash from the natives of the region.

@Yesica1993

11 ай бұрын

I'm sure despite his best efforts, someone, somewhere, will find something to crab about. That's how the internets be.

@flitsertheo

11 ай бұрын

I suppose that this being an American channel they know how to pronounce American names.

I was watching that episode while I was in the UK

I know I’m almost a year late and this will never get seen, but the main things missing from the episode to me were the fact that we have the highest rate of published authors, wales has more castles than any other country in Europe, and guy Fawkes day/bonfire night

The Tudor rose has the white rose for Yorkshire and the red rose for Lancashire.

Reminder: we use Union Jack only in use with a Royal Navy ship, otherwise it’s just called the Union Flag

@nakkadu

11 ай бұрын

No it can be called a union jack anytime

@greendaytom1988

11 ай бұрын

Correct. It's officially only supposed to be called the Union Jack when at sea and is just the Union Flag at any other time, though most people incorrectly call it the Union Jack wherever they see it.

@nakkadu

11 ай бұрын

@@greendaytom1988 Not correct. Just a thing some people say

09:15 That card shows the flag of the province of Groningen.

@autumnphillips151

11 ай бұрын

Oh, nice, that’s one of the places where Low Saxon is still spoken by a significant minority of people, right? It’s the closest relative to the Anglo-Frisian languages, the only other language in the Ingvaeonic/North Sea Germanic branch. Have you ever encountered it?