In addition, the most important food in England is the oatcake. But only in Staffordshire. And bits of Cheshire. There are wrong versions of oatcakes in Scotland.
2:05 that sign is actually famous for being a failure. Someone sent the English text to a translator and got back the text in Welsh, so they made that sign. But what it actually says is "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated"
As I Brit if feels fitting to be the first comment. Although to clarify Barbs: 1. Northern Ireland is classed as the 4th constituent nation by the UK government and many Brits will refer to it as one. 2. The period between 1603 and 1707 is known as The Union of The Crowns. King James was king of England, Scotland and Ireland but all of the Kingdoms were still fully governed by their own parliaments. 3. The modern devolved administrations in the Celtic constituent nations have varying degrees of autonomy. Scotland has the most devolved power, Wales doesn’t have as much and Northern Ireland has a good amount but this is sometimes handed back to the UK government if the Storemont assembly breaks down and can’t meet, which happens frequently. As you’d expect I’m eagerly anticipating the UK episode Barbs, especially as to how you deal with the famous people section as there are so many!
Some good points here, but to clarify Northern Ireland is both a nation and a province, depending on who you ask. As it doesn't consider itself a nation, rather a province of the UK. It's gets further complicated by the sectarian stuff, but that's a whole video in itself...
I imagine most Northern Irish would see themselves as part of one of 6 counties rather than one of 11 districts or whatever it was that Barbie says it has now.
Just to clear up the Commonwealth Realms thing, they're not technically ruled by the British monarch, instead, they have their own independent monarchies, like the King of Canada, King of Australia, King of the Bahamas etc. It's just the person who fills those positions happens to be the same guy, Charles III. This ensures that all the realms are completely independent of each other, politically and constitutionally. So, for example, if Britain abolished its monarchy, Charles III would still be King of 14 other countries.
Interesting never thought of it this way/knew it was like this. British Monarch = realm monarch. Also if Britain abolished the monarchy I very much doubt Australia or anywhere else for that matter would keep the monarchy in its current form (or at all) - Westminster system.
Interesting never thought of it this way/knew it was like this. British Monarch = realm monarch. Also if Britain abolished the monarchy I very much doubt Australia or anywhere else for that matter would keep the monarchy in its current form (or at all) - Westminster system.
For countries in the commonwealth realm, you could basically say that they're ruled by the british because the highest government rep in a commonwealth country is a governor general, who reports back to the king. Btw there is any king of Bahamas.
@@shamarharvey6117 No you couldn't. The Governor General reports each back to their own King , who is resident in the UK.The UK has no say on the politics of the Commonwealth realms.There is a King of Bahamas at the moment.
Good video, but there's one thing I'd like to correct. While Scottish Gaelic is only spoken by a very few number of people, Scots is still a fairly prominent minority language in Scotland. The exact numbers are disbuted, but about 30% of the population of Scotland are reported as being able to speak fluent Scots and most Scottish people will use a few Scots words in their regular vocabulary. It's a little complicated though because even though UNESCO and the UK government have recognised it as a minority language, some people still argue that it's a dialect of English and the history behind it all is fairly complicated. Plus since the language isn't really taught in schools and most of the population does regularly use some Scots words, it can be hard to differentiate between someone speaking full Scots and someone speaking English with a Scottish dialect. Overall, my point is that even though Gaelic is an endangered language (I think it's a bit harsh to say it's dying since it's decline has slowed massively over the past couple of decades), Scots is still fairly widely spoken. Also don't forget about Cornish in the actual episode, for such a small area the British isles has a lot of languages.
Is it fair to say that the various Gaelic tongues have introduced words into English, as well? After all, for better or for worse, European countries' languages are usually affected somewhat by their neighbors'.
@@darreljones8645 It's probably fair to say that, although it's not just the case for European languages. Exchanging words, phrases and ideas is pretty much how every language in the world came into being.
Plus there's also a few extinct languages like Cumbric, which was a language related to Welsh spoken in the lake District until the middle ages; Norn which was a Nordic language spoken in Orkeney and Shetland until a few hundred years ago, and Pictish which was spoken in Scotland until the dark ages but was unrelated to Gaelic or Scotts
@@darreljones8645Celtic languages have affected English but the majority has been Brittonic, not Gaelic as it's the Irish branch of Insular Celtic. Gaelic influences have affected English, but due to regional differences it's generally the Scottish and Irish parts of the UK.
Northern Ireland wasn’t added to the U.K. in 1921. All of Ireland was part of the U.K prior to that. The south decided to leave thus leaving the north as the only part of Ireland still in the U.K.
That’s like saying you shouldn’t call the Republic of Korea, South Korea because they didn’t fight for their independence just to be called South Korea
The funny thing about the Welsh sign seen at 2:00 is that the Welsh part translated into English says "I'm not in the office at this time. Send any work to be translated" :D
Hi, I am from Jersey and I thought I would add a few things if people are interested in know a bit more about what Barby’s explanation of the Channel Islands. Firstly, it is important to say that the Crown Dependencies are NOT a part of the UK, though we are under the sovereignty of the UK. This means that we are autonomous in all aspects except defence and foreign relations, though often Guernsey and Jersey do engage in their own foreign relations anyway. Also, despite being called ‘bailiwicks’ (pronounced as 'bay-lee-whick btw), Guernsey and Jersey are not ‘governed’ by the bailiff. Nowadays, each island is governed by a ‘Chief Minister’ that functions in the same was a prime minister, in that they are an elected official and govern the island through a council of ministers. The Baliff nowadays is just the head of the judiciary who also sits as the speaker of our government, hence why we are still called a ‘bailiwick’. Like, the Isle of Mann; Jersey and Guernsey also have a Lieutenant Governor, who is the King’s representative to the island and is who rubber-stamps all our laws. And yes we have our own languages of Jèrriais and Dgèrnésiais, which are dialects Norman. They are only slightly intelligible with French and only contain a handful of English loan-words (there are almost as many words from Old-Norse too). It is an endangered language so only a few thousand people speak the languages, though there is an initiative to teach the languages at schools and nurseries. There are also in-person and online courses for adults, as well as lots of material online if anyone is interested.
Hey! Slight correction, under the sovereignty of the British Crown, not under the UK - hence why our passports say British Islands and not United Kingdom :)
@@TheAlexDekker It's a bit of a null statement as both the UK and the Channel Islands are both under the sovereignty of the British Crown. With regards to international law the Channel Islands are sovereign under the 'sovereign state' of the UK (in that the UK government is ultimately responsible for our immigration, foreign affairs, defence and human rights). Though it should be said that there are various exceptions, challenges and grey areas that apply to this. So the extent to which the UK is truly sovereign over Jersey and Guernsey is highly debatable, though very seldom challenged legally. Of course, any ruling the UK government can legally make concerning the Channel Islands can also be vetoed by the monarch, as they are the sovereign of both polities (Even I'm getting a headache trying to understand this!)
Isn't the Lieutenant Governor actually representing the Duke of Normandy rather than the King? (like the same guy, but different title for Bailiwicks?)
Hey, Guernsey / Alderney resident of the Channel Islands here. Just thought I’d let you know the languages here really is mostly English with a few people that learn French. Each island had their own dialect of French that has pretty much completely died out.however they do live on in weird ways such as people from Alderney calling A Garbage dump an “ impot “ with a silent T. One last thing, Baliwick is pronounced as “ Bay-lee-Whick “.
Firstly, Jèrriais and Dgèrnésiais *are not dialects of French!* I don't know how many times this needs to be said, but they are dialects of the Norman language which is a separate d'Oil language from French. That would be like saying that English is a dialect of German. Also Jèrriais and Dgèrnésiais have not died out (Auregnais is extinct though). I have no idea where you got that from but there are around 3,000 speakers of Jèrriais and 1,327 speakers of Dgèrnésiais. They are very much endangered languages, but have not died out. I would disagree that "few" people in the Channel Islands learn French. I don't know what the situation in Guernsey is, but in Jersey French is mandatory from the ages of 8/9 to 16 (or 18 depending on the school) and 15% of the island is proficient in French (which is probably a higher percentage than the UK). My grandparents spoke Jèrriais, so my family still uses Norman words quite a lot in the house: "Foutu" - broken, "Vere dga!" - yes indeed! - "Oup-ti-tô" - children's game, "Sâbre dé bouais!" - quit messing around!, "Bah!" - no!, "Cocq" - lad, "Man vyi" - my man, "branquage" - hedge-trimming, "À bétôt" - goodbye (we use Norman greetings and farewells all the time), "Côtil" - steep hill, "Vraic" - seaweed and obviously we use the Jèrriais when talking about place names in Jersey (hougue, mielle, côtil etc). Though I understand that I many people in the Channel Islands do not have ancestry here and so probably do not use Norman words like my family does.
@@NorseNorman people in the Uk learn French too but the point is very few people use it on a day to day basis for normal conversation. Also that’s one of the funniest ott responses I’ve seen in a while so thanks for making me laugh.
This is exactly what I wanted to say. Jersey resident here :) Yes, there are a few errors in this video that you specified, however he got the main points right.
Bit of a random anecdote but a few months ago I stumbled across a Welsh paper on library science from Aberystwyth University and it's helped me A LOT with my thesis work despite my being an American. So I'm feeling pretty grateful for Welsh librarians right now
The welsh do take their language seriously. I lived in southern Argentina and there's a community of welsh people there and you can see signs in welsh, towns with welsh names, and of course many people speak the language.
Released just 3 hours ago as over 300 comments, just shows how much we look forward to your videos. Some of the best content on the web. I'm from St Kitts and Nevis. I was trying desperately to connect with you y'all when you were here but had not idea how.
Great to see but the emphasis on Argentinean claim to Falkland Islands without mentioning that the people who live there are all British heritage and voted in a referendum to stay British undermines balance of opinion. Also, Scotland didn’t join the UK so much as it was a union of countries which was formed.
I had a fun time reading about the history of Sark this week which is an island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey which abolished feudalism in 2008 seemingly in part due to influence from the Barclay Brothers.
Fun Fact: The Channel Islands was once part of the Duchy of Normandy. Because of the Channel Islands wasn't reconquered by the French in the Medieval Period, the British monarch is the Duke of Normandy according to the Island inhabitants.
I don't know if you knew about this Geography Now, but the Pitcairn Islands had a huge controversy a few years ago detailing abuse between the male and female residents of the island. Just wanted to inform you about it.
@@CatFish107 Yeah but there’s ways he could carefully acknowledge it As he’s said on this channel, they don’t gloss over things. He said that when mentioning the cartel wars in the Mexico episode I believe
You can see it clearly says “Pitcairn” in some of the pictures but his captions still say “Pitcarin”. I caught the mistake right away thanks to the geography quiz that makes you spell everything correctly haha
@@Nerdydolfin I noticed it because I wrote a high school paper on exactly the topic of remaining British overseas territories, so I had to read and watch quite a bit about Pitcairn.
Fun fact Malta was supposted to become the 5th member of the UK in the early 60's. A vote was even held with over 70%saying yes. However pressure from mant countries including the UK didn't want Malta to become aa member of the UK as it was 'an act of imperialism.' Kinda funny how America tried the same thing in the late 70s with the Panama canal. However still to this day there are people on Malta who wish for it to become either a 5th member of the UK or even a crown dependency (the crown dependency one is a little foggy so I may be wrong but feel free to tell me so.) After WW2 Winston Churchill wanted to annex the Danish territory the Faero Islands (into its own overseas territory) since the British did occupy them so the Zazis couldn't get them when denmark fell. However the old way of colonialism was long dead so it never happened but considering that the islands picked p a lot of british culture I wonder what would have happened if the islands were allowed to vote on the matter.
Excellent stuff! The confusion that folks have over this is incredible. However, to add to the confusion, it's constituent country, not constituencies. That's something else entirely.
Love the video! Being from Scotland all I would say is that Gaelic is not a dying language. It’s true, there is a minority of Scots who speak this these days. However, through Apps like Duolingo and Government funding Gaelic is enjoying a minor renaissance in past couple years and is slowly gaining in popularity. It is most definitely alive❤
@@markylon I wouldn’t call a language with 60,000 speakers that is increasing a dying language. I would call it a revival. Attitudes towards Gaelic are changing and I hope I’m here years down the line with this trend continuing👍
also important to mention that scots and scottish gaelic are completely different: gaelic is a goidelic celtic language like irish or manx whereas scots is a germanic language similar to and sometimes considered a dialect of english
I like how the picture of the sign that you included in your bit about the welsh language translates to "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated".
Me thinks the UK will be the most in depth episode in this series as practically most modern day countries have historical links. Looking forward to it.....maybe consider doing 2 episodes?
A couple errors: 1.) the crown dependencies (Isle of Man, Guernsey, and Jersey) are NOT part of the UK. They are self-governing possessions of the British Crown. The UK is responsible for their protection and are not sovereign. 2.) It's Pitcairn, not Pitcarin.
Scots and Scottish Gaelic are two different languages from different languages families. Scots is a Germanic language and sister language to English and is mostly mutually intelligible (varies with different regional dialects of each) Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language though.
As a resident of Jersey, I can debunk a few myths here. We are not in any way bilingual. Everyone here basically speaks English, and basically no one speaks French. We have more Portuguese and Polish culture over here than French, due to influx of immigration over the last couple of years. If you have any more questions about Jersey, just drop them down below :)
I say, as the Brits on holiday in Ibiza say, would you mind awfully passing me my pint! Excuse me referee, as the prim and proper Brits say on the football terraces, but it would appear, Sir, that you may be mistaken.
@@matthewmccallion3311 Ceremonial is the most widely used now but its worth mentioning the historical ones. Don't talk about postal, postal is unnecessary and stupid
@@matthewmccallion3311 Would definitely like the ceremonial, with mentions of the historical ones. Postal ones can be ignored. It's been a while since Barbs did country subdivisions and England was a big one he didn't do. Hoping he listens! 😁
That photo you've used for the Welsh language is well known for being a mistake. The local council emailed the sign for translation and received an auto-generated Welsh response saying they were out of office. The local council just used that, printed it and put it out on the street not knowing their mistake.
Loved this episode and thanks Paul. However you inverted the map of the Isle of Man (at the 3:45 mark) and St. Helena is pronounced [ hell - EE - na ]. Thanks for showing my second home, Tristan da Cunha.
I feel calling this a filler episode , or in line with the flag friday ones where you says "no one wathches these" would be taking something away from these. This is a video covering something i always wanted. I've been confused about the isles and the carribean territories and have done my own research on them, but this video contextulizes it all, and most importantly puts it all in a good format which adds alot to the learning value. For the first time i feel i understand this subject matter
Pretty much Britain's entire Chagos Islander community now lives in the otherwise unremarkable town of Crawley, West Sussex. After the plane on which the Chagos Islanders were exiled landed in Gatwick Airport, they just settled in the nearest town, and they and their descendants are still mostly there today over fifty years later.
That's basically correct. I lived in Crawley for years and it's actually quite nice, but it's a big town with well in excess of 100k residents (something many don't realize), so has the same problems that any large town can bring.
Very interesting video. Worth noting that depending on who you consult, Scotland has two native languages Scots Gaelic and Scots, which is closely related to English. There is a fairly robust debate about whether Scots is a language or just a dialect of English. About 200,000 people still speak "braid scots" and almost all working class people still use a lot of Scots words mixed in with standard English.
The timing of this video is insane Barbs. I'm in the U.K for the very first time and this and Switzerland (layover) are my first countries outside of the U.S
Brit here. Loved the vid. In1707 the independent kingdoms of Scotland and England joined together to form the kingdom of Great Britain. Wales had been occupied by the English's since the 13th century. In 1536 Henry viii declared it part of England so it's not technically right to say Wales joined the UK in 1536. That's why there's no Welsh representation on the union flag as Wales didn't exist in a legal sense. In 1974 local government was reorganised and I believe that is when Wales was reaffirmed as an actual country in a legal sense. Of course Wales was always Wales to the people there. The United Kingdom came into existence in 1801 when Ireland United with great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Then in 1921 most of Ireland left the Union but the North opted to stay part. So we renamed ourselves the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It's not really that complicated it's just a lot.
@@gothicgolem2947 I see what you're getting at but the flag is a union of St George's Cross for England and St Andrews Cross for Scotland. Come 1801 we got St Patrick's Cross for Ireland. I think it would look pretty good having a dragon right in the middle of the flag. But the way things are going makes one wonder how long that flag will be around.
@@mr.caretaker6086 yeahand i fully get that but by accident th flag represents colours of every county in the Uk. And yes a dragon would be so cool on it if Scotland leave we should design a new flag maybe with a lion for England a Dragon for Wales and idk sadly Ni don’t have a a animal according to google so maybe have there cross there idk but yeah. Also the flag may be around for a bit Ni is slowly moving towards Indy and in Scotland it is extremely close so ho knows
@@gothicgolem2947 if Scotland and England went their separate ways, it would be interesting to see to which NI unionists would want to remain united to.
Well explained video as always Barbs. Though at 4:01 Lieutenant Governor, you call it a call it a Loo-ten-ant Governor whereas over here it is a Leff-ten-ant Governor.
My only issue with this, as a former history student here in Scotland 🏴 is that the UK didn't exist when "Wales joined" England had taken over an subjugated Wales for centuries (there were Welsh bowmen at the battle of Bannockburn 1314) so they were by default part of Great Britain as a subjugated part of England.
So Wales being a constituent country of the UK only exist during the devolved government in recent years? I wonder whether the independence movement within Wales has been there or it is something new arising from the devolution.
@@EAlyahya In the post-Roman period, a number of Welsh kingdoms formed in present-day Wales, including Gwynedd, Powys, Deheubarth, Brycheiniog, Ergyng and Gwent. While the most powerful ruler was acknowledged as King of the Britons (later Tywysog Cymru: Leader or Prince of Wales), and some rulers extended their control over other Welsh territories and into western England, none were able to unite Wales for long. Internecine struggles and external pressure from the English and later, the Norman conquerors of England, led to the Welsh kingdoms coming gradually under the sway of the English crown. In 1282, the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd led to the conquest of the Principality of Wales by King Edward I of England; afterwards, the heir apparent to the English monarch has borne the title "Prince of Wales". The Welsh launched several revolts against English rule, the last significant one being that led by Owain Glyndŵr in the early 15th century. In the 16th century Henry VIII, himself of Welsh extraction as a great-grandson of Owen Tudor, passed the Laws in Wales Acts aiming to fully incorporate Wales into the Kingdom of England. Under England's authority, Wales became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
@@EAlyahya I believe it was in the 1950s or 60s that Wales was legally separated from England though for some purposes it had always been treated differently. The border issue as regards Monmouthshire was not settled until the Local Government Act of 1972
@@pedanticradiator1491 during Victorian era, how the Welsh people view themselves? Did they regard themselves as English or Welsh when it was part of England? I’m curious if Cornwall being part of England will be separated as a constituent country in the future.
Aww Geography Now is in the U letters. Ever since moving out of LA and finishing Associate school, I haven’t been able to find you. But happy to see you and you’re channel grow. Wishing you many blessings to you and your mom and friends. ❤
One think to note about overseas territories & crown dependencies is they are not technically sovereign UK territory. They essentially operate as micro-states of which the UK controls foreign policy & defence. This differs from other examples of overseas land, such as in the case of France, of which they are actually part of the country.
I hope in the main UK video you bring up specifically that Scotland and England were specifically in a personal union - two systems under one king until the Acts of Union about a century later that made them into a single entity. Also, maybe bring up that Scots has Germanic roots, just like English, and that it's not a Celtic language like Irish, or Welsh, or Scottish Gaelic?
Thanks to Pitcairn, the sun still never sets on the British “Empire”. Also it’s like a 2 week ride on a semi-cargo ship just to get there, there is zero way to arrive by air (St. Helena used to have this same problem, but they actually built an airport in a somewhat remote part of the island (guess to mitigate the noise.)
Filler weeks are more fun than main episodes for me! Especially the ones breaking down a country’s regions as it makes them feel so so much more unique. We’ve got to see Mexico or (if you can handle the number of regions) China someday!
Thanks Barbs 👍 As a Brit, this was a smart move you made, as I guess you already know, there's THAT MUCH to cover in the 🇬🇧 episode. Despite that, it'll probably be the longest country episode anyway 🤔 Suggestion: invite Bald and Bankrupt to be your guest host. I think that would be awesome 👌 By the way, two things I spotted: 1. It's Pitcairn, not Pitcarin; 2. (St.) Helena is pronounced "Heleena" - I discovered this myself only a few years ago.
@@Ccccc-mi3tr The UK isn't a "political partnership", it's a unitary state that was created in 1707 and its constituent parts have less autonomy than New Jersey does in the USA (with the exception of NI which can leave unilaterally if it wants to per the GFA). The only people who don't believe the UK is a country are nationalists who want independence, and who are still in the minority in their respective bits of the UK.
Little detail, the official 'capital' of South Georgia is actually King Edward Point, a scientific base just a few meters away from Grytviken, the old Norwegian settlement where Shackleton is buried. P.S. I still regret having been to Tristan da Cunha, Falkland and South Georgia and not having sent a postcard to Geography Now 😭
I'm from the UK and wrote my Master's thesis and a subsequent book on UK overseas territories so this was cool to see! Glad to see the information here was more or less accurate! I even learned a few things myself e.g. about the previous Union of Saint Kitts & Montserrat! Funnily enough the main errors i see are in the spelling and pronunciation of some of the territories. One could easily talk a lot about them all too but maybe we'll get a full episode one day 😁
Hey, guys! I just stumbled on this channel. You all make it so entertaining, I love it! Also I haven’t seen a better looking group of people since I watched Friends that one time. 😃
I really enjoy your videos.. they are so informative. I’ve learned a lot. I love Geography and travel.. What are you going to do when you run out of countries to talk about?😃
At 2:05 the sign in Welsh is incorrect, translated it is an automatic out-of-office email reply, and the people who made the sign used it because none of them spoke Welsh and assumed that was the correct translation sent back
Happy to see my home of Guernsey mentioned. Looking forward to the UK episode. BTW bailiwick is pronounced beh-lee-wihk. If you have any questions about the channel Islands, I'd he happy to answer. Not as good with Jersey but (much to friends annoyance) I know a lot about guernsey.
At 2:00 the "bilingual" sign in English and Welsh made the news. Apparently the Welsh text says, "I'm sorry but I'm not in at the moment. Send all translation requests to".
Scotland didn't join the UK in 1707, it united into Great Britain. Which is a country but also a geographical island. Also monarch doesn't have to be head of state of commonwealth countries. India, South Africa, Nigeria are republics and are commonwealth members.
@@jackdubz4247 The UK is one of those fairly weird countries that went through a melting pot situation hundreds of years ago, it was also the largest Empire in human history while still having at least 7 distinct cultures in a tiny amount of space, add to this music and the industrial revolution/invention then yes, it's going to be a fairly interesting episode for many people.
Growing up in England, I'd never realised that the whole overseas possessions thing, let alone the counties even, or indeed the Commonwealth, could be a bit overwhelming. I s'pose that I just assimilated it all by osmosis. In our defence, if it's needed, I would simply state that we've been around for a while now. It's history.
Quick thing about the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Technically, this is a different thing to the island of Guernsey itself, because the Bailiwick also includes the islands of Alderney, Herm and Sark which were not pictured/talked about.
The Falklands are not "in dispute" with Argentina. If your neighbour tries to take over your detached garage, it doesn't mean your garage is in dispute. It just that he has ambitions against it. If you are mugged, you are not "in dispute" with the mugger, you are victim of attempted robbery. If Argentina feels it has a dispute, then it should take it to the forum designated to resolve such matters, the International Court, but it consistently refuses to do so. Until it does so, there is no "dispute", just a unilateral claim.
@@demilembias2527 You want to find humour in the unnecessary deaths of a thousand Argentines and 250 Britons? As for the inhabitants of the "garage", they are the Falkland Islanders in this analogy. They want to be British, not Argentine.
@@Maymar173 If Argentina feels it has a dispute, then it should take it to the forum designated to resolve such matters, the International Court, but it consistently refuses to do so. Until it does so, there is no "dispute", just a unilateral claim.
1:35 not to be “that guy”, but saying Scotland joined the UK in 1707 is very misleading as there wasn’t even a UK to join at the time. Rather, Scotland and England formed the UK in 1707. Also, it’s “Pitcairn” not “Pitcarin”.
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Imagine a country so confusing that you need to drop a prelude to explain your terminology
Its really not confusing
@@samrudman7839 true. Just overseas stuff
It's gonna be the counties and boroughs & councils that's confusing, because that's an absolute mess of administrative nonsense + historical baggage.
@@Deiwos0 what definition of county are we even going to use? Isn't there 4 or 5 different county systems in use?
@@Cadmann778 In all fairness though, all 4 or 5 of them are equally meaningless 😂
If you host the episode with Jay Foreman, you might also as well shout out his counties video for a better explainer of the situation with counties.
Sure, but that video only covers England. They'll still have to explain the situations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
CGPGrey did a great video on the countries.
@@DemonofChaos264 the countries are easy to understand. It's the counties that's the problem
In addition, the most important food in England is the oatcake. But only in Staffordshire. And bits of Cheshire. There are wrong versions of oatcakes in Scotland.
The CGP Grey version was one of his first and most popular for soooo long
2:05 that sign is actually famous for being a failure. Someone sent the English text to a translator and got back the text in Welsh, so they made that sign. But what it actually says is "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated"
I love that sign!
Came here to say this as well 😂
As I Brit if feels fitting to be the first comment. Although to clarify Barbs:
1. Northern Ireland is classed as the 4th constituent nation by the UK government and many Brits will refer to it as one.
2. The period between 1603 and 1707 is known as The Union of The Crowns. King James was king of England, Scotland and Ireland but all of the Kingdoms were still fully governed by their own parliaments.
3. The modern devolved administrations in the Celtic constituent nations have varying degrees of autonomy. Scotland has the most devolved power, Wales doesn’t have as much and Northern Ireland has a good amount but this is sometimes handed back to the UK government if the Storemont assembly breaks down and can’t meet, which happens frequently.
As you’d expect I’m eagerly anticipating the UK episode Barbs, especially as to how you deal with the famous people section as there are so many!
Some good points here, but to clarify Northern Ireland is both a nation and a province, depending on who you ask. As it doesn't consider itself a nation, rather a province of the UK. It's gets further complicated by the sectarian stuff, but that's a whole video in itself...
Look, getting people in Northern Ireland to agree on anything is a lost cause. Even the term 'Northern Ireland' is contentious.
I imagine most Northern Irish would see themselves as part of one of 6 counties rather than one of 11 districts or whatever it was that Barbie says it has now.
Northern Ireland is part of Ireland. 26 +6 = 1, no matter whether or not you colonists like it
@@dylandarcy1150 chill. It's part of the geographic island of Ireland, but is factually in the UK and wants to remain in the UK (atm).
Just to clear up the Commonwealth Realms thing, they're not technically ruled by the British monarch, instead, they have their own independent monarchies, like the King of Canada, King of Australia, King of the Bahamas etc. It's just the person who fills those positions happens to be the same guy, Charles III. This ensures that all the realms are completely independent of each other, politically and constitutionally.
So, for example, if Britain abolished its monarchy, Charles III would still be King of 14 other countries.
Interesting never thought of it this way/knew it was like this. British Monarch = realm monarch. Also if Britain abolished the monarchy I very much doubt Australia or anywhere else for that matter would keep the monarchy in its current form (or at all) - Westminster system.
Interesting never thought of it this way/knew it was like this. British Monarch = realm monarch. Also if Britain abolished the monarchy I very much doubt Australia or anywhere else for that matter would keep the monarchy in its current form (or at all) - Westminster system.
Not like anybody is ruled by the British monarch.
For countries in the commonwealth realm, you could basically say that they're ruled by the british because the highest government rep in a commonwealth country is a governor general, who reports back to the king. Btw there is any king of Bahamas.
@@shamarharvey6117 No you couldn't. The Governor General reports each back to their own King , who is resident in the UK.The UK has no say on the politics of the Commonwealth realms.There is a King of Bahamas at the moment.
Good video, but there's one thing I'd like to correct. While Scottish Gaelic is only spoken by a very few number of people, Scots is still a fairly prominent minority language in Scotland. The exact numbers are disbuted, but about 30% of the population of Scotland are reported as being able to speak fluent Scots and most Scottish people will use a few Scots words in their regular vocabulary.
It's a little complicated though because even though UNESCO and the UK government have recognised it as a minority language, some people still argue that it's a dialect of English and the history behind it all is fairly complicated. Plus since the language isn't really taught in schools and most of the population does regularly use some Scots words, it can be hard to differentiate between someone speaking full Scots and someone speaking English with a Scottish dialect.
Overall, my point is that even though Gaelic is an endangered language (I think it's a bit harsh to say it's dying since it's decline has slowed massively over the past couple of decades), Scots is still fairly widely spoken.
Also don't forget about Cornish in the actual episode, for such a small area the British isles has a lot of languages.
Is it fair to say that the various Gaelic tongues have introduced words into English, as well? After all, for better or for worse, European countries' languages are usually affected somewhat by their neighbors'.
@@darreljones8645 It's probably fair to say that, although it's not just the case for European languages. Exchanging words, phrases and ideas is pretty much how every language in the world came into being.
Plus there's also a few extinct languages like Cumbric, which was a language related to Welsh spoken in the lake District until the middle ages; Norn which was a Nordic language spoken in Orkeney and Shetland until a few hundred years ago, and Pictish which was spoken in Scotland until the dark ages but was unrelated to Gaelic or Scotts
@@darreljones8645Celtic languages have affected English but the majority has been Brittonic, not Gaelic as it's the Irish branch of Insular Celtic.
Gaelic influences have affected English, but due to regional differences it's generally the Scottish and Irish parts of the UK.
@@MoonThuli In fact Pictish was Celtic.
Northern Ireland wasn’t added to the U.K. in 1921. All of Ireland was part of the U.K prior to that. The south decided to leave thus leaving the north as the only part of Ireland still in the U.K.
let's call ireland the republic of ireland, rather than "the south". they didn't fight for their independence to be called "south ireland", thanks :)
@@epicgamer748 but it's the south part of ireland
That’s like saying you shouldn’t call the Republic of Korea, South Korea because they didn’t fight for their independence just to be called South Korea
@@epicgamer748 they don't own all of Ireland.
@@mewmew8932 not really republic of the island goes further north than Northrend
The funny thing about the Welsh sign seen at 2:00 is that the Welsh part translated into English says "I'm not in the office at this time. Send any work to be translated" :D
Hi, I am from Jersey and I thought I would add a few things if people are interested in know a bit more about what Barby’s explanation of the Channel Islands. Firstly, it is important to say that the Crown Dependencies are NOT a part of the UK, though we are under the sovereignty of the UK. This means that we are autonomous in all aspects except defence and foreign relations, though often Guernsey and Jersey do engage in their own foreign relations anyway.
Also, despite being called ‘bailiwicks’ (pronounced as 'bay-lee-whick btw), Guernsey and Jersey are not ‘governed’ by the bailiff. Nowadays, each island is governed by a ‘Chief Minister’ that functions in the same was a prime minister, in that they are an elected official and govern the island through a council of ministers. The Baliff nowadays is just the head of the judiciary who also sits as the speaker of our government, hence why we are still called a ‘bailiwick’. Like, the Isle of Mann; Jersey and Guernsey also have a Lieutenant Governor, who is the King’s representative to the island and is who rubber-stamps all our laws.
And yes we have our own languages of Jèrriais and Dgèrnésiais, which are dialects Norman. They are only slightly intelligible with French and only contain a handful of English loan-words (there are almost as many words from Old-Norse too). It is an endangered language so only a few thousand people speak the languages, though there is an initiative to teach the languages at schools and nurseries. There are also in-person and online courses for adults, as well as lots of material online if anyone is interested.
Hey! Slight correction, under the sovereignty of the British Crown, not under the UK - hence why our passports say British Islands and not United Kingdom :)
Your video on the Wels and Breton farmers was cool
@@TheAlexDekker It's a bit of a null statement as both the UK and the Channel Islands are both under the sovereignty of the British Crown. With regards to international law the Channel Islands are sovereign under the 'sovereign state' of the UK (in that the UK government is ultimately responsible for our immigration, foreign affairs, defence and human rights). Though it should be said that there are various exceptions, challenges and grey areas that apply to this. So the extent to which the UK is truly sovereign over Jersey and Guernsey is highly debatable, though very seldom challenged legally. Of course, any ruling the UK government can legally make concerning the Channel Islands can also be vetoed by the monarch, as they are the sovereign of both polities (Even I'm getting a headache trying to understand this!)
Isn't the Lieutenant Governor actually representing the Duke of Normandy rather than the King? (like the same guy, but different title for Bailiwicks?)
Great breakdown Norman. Looking to move to Isle of Man. Pockets arent that deep for Jersey haha but I liked the island!
I was hoping this would explain all 650 parliamentary constituencies
My notification cut the title off on constituent, so that was my 1st thought too
Looks like Barbs corrected it. Kudos!
Let's discuss the ~750 peers in the upper house and what they (dont) do. And how they are (not) elected
@@kieronparr3403 there are 786 in the unelected house of lords and 650 in the elected house of commons
@@jackguest145 yeah I mixed it up. It just goes up by the day. It's like established titles for tory donors
hello from the falkland islands, great video man
Hello Argentine friend. 🇦🇷✝️
Viva la patria 🇦🇷
Britain rightfully owns the Falklands Islands, keep crying about it, you lost go move on.
Hello from Guernsey 🇬🇬
They lost a war over a bunch of rocks (no offense meant toward the Falklanders). Their tears are sweet. @@Kajiu.995
Hey, Guernsey / Alderney resident of the Channel Islands here. Just thought I’d let you know the languages here really is mostly English with a few people that learn French. Each island had their own dialect of French that has pretty much completely died out.however they do live on in weird ways such as people from Alderney calling A Garbage dump an “ impot “ with a silent T. One last thing, Baliwick is pronounced as “ Bay-lee-Whick “.
See Bergerac. 😉
That's accurate. It's also spelt "bailiwick".
Firstly, Jèrriais and Dgèrnésiais *are not dialects of French!* I don't know how many times this needs to be said, but they are dialects of the Norman language which is a separate d'Oil language from French. That would be like saying that English is a dialect of German.
Also Jèrriais and Dgèrnésiais have not died out (Auregnais is extinct though). I have no idea where you got that from but there are around 3,000 speakers of Jèrriais and 1,327 speakers of Dgèrnésiais. They are very much endangered languages, but have not died out.
I would disagree that "few" people in the Channel Islands learn French. I don't know what the situation in Guernsey is, but in Jersey French is mandatory from the ages of 8/9 to 16 (or 18 depending on the school) and 15% of the island is proficient in French (which is probably a higher percentage than the UK).
My grandparents spoke Jèrriais, so my family still uses Norman words quite a lot in the house: "Foutu" - broken, "Vere dga!" - yes indeed! - "Oup-ti-tô" - children's game, "Sâbre dé bouais!" - quit messing around!, "Bah!" - no!, "Cocq" - lad, "Man vyi" - my man, "branquage" - hedge-trimming, "À bétôt" - goodbye (we use Norman greetings and farewells all the time), "Côtil" - steep hill, "Vraic" - seaweed and obviously we use the Jèrriais when talking about place names in Jersey (hougue, mielle, côtil etc). Though I understand that I many people in the Channel Islands do not have ancestry here and so probably do not use Norman words like my family does.
@@NorseNorman people in the Uk learn French too but the point is very few people use it on a day to day basis for normal conversation. Also that’s one of the funniest ott responses I’ve seen in a while so thanks for making me laugh.
This is exactly what I wanted to say. Jersey resident here :)
Yes, there are a few errors in this video that you specified, however he got the main points right.
Hello from Cymru! Been watching Geography now since like 2017 or 16 when I was in school still. So cool to see you talk about home! Diolch yn fawr!
Welsh is such a cool language.
@@damirimamagic5064 thank you ffrind
Shwmae! I am learning a bit of Welsh even though I am not even sure I will ever go to UK. It is very great language
@@KateeAngel Shwmae! That’s great! Not sure I’ve ever heard of someone abroad learning our language haha. Pob lwc yn eich astudiaethau!!
Bit of a random anecdote but a few months ago I stumbled across a Welsh paper on library science from Aberystwyth University and it's helped me A LOT with my thesis work despite my being an American. So I'm feeling pretty grateful for Welsh librarians right now
The welsh do take their language seriously. I lived in southern Argentina and there's a community of welsh people there and you can see signs in welsh, towns with welsh names, and of course many people speak the language.
Of course, the well respected "Y wladfa" in Chubut province.
There's also a significant Welsh population in the North-Eastern US, particularly Pennsylvania, where Welsh continues to be spoken...
Argentina belongs to UK but Wales can run it
Ours are slowly coming back! 🏴
Released just 3 hours ago as over 300 comments, just shows how much we look forward to your videos. Some of the best content on the web. I'm from St Kitts and Nevis. I was trying desperately to connect with you y'all when you were here but had not idea how.
Great to see but the emphasis on Argentinean claim to Falkland Islands without mentioning that the people who live there are all British heritage and voted in a referendum to stay British undermines balance of opinion. Also, Scotland didn’t join the UK so much as it was a union of countries which was formed.
Have waited years for the UK episode!! Really looking forward to it!!
I had a fun time reading about the history of Sark this week which is an island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey which abolished feudalism in 2008 seemingly in part due to influence from the Barclay Brothers.
Fun Fact: The Channel Islands was once part of the Duchy of Normandy. Because of the Channel Islands wasn't reconquered by the French in the Medieval Period, the British monarch is the Duke of Normandy according to the Island inhabitants.
Er re conquered by the french.? The Normans took the Channel Islands the french never have have…
England is their oldest possession lol.
@@elton1981 it is indeed which is why we aren’t politically part of the uk system and our only connection is through the crown
In a way, the Channel Islands are still a part of the Duchy of Normandy. We still refer to the monarch of the UK as our 'Duke'.
A British person here , just wanting to say I learned a lot from this video. in the U.K. they don’t seem to cover half of this in school.
I don't know if you knew about this Geography Now, but the Pitcairn Islands had a huge controversy a few years ago detailing abuse between the male and female residents of the island. Just wanted to inform you about it.
I'm guessing Barbs saw that in the research and went "nope, not touching that." Very easy to lose monetization were he to touch on those horrors.
@@CatFish107
Yeah but there’s ways he could carefully acknowledge it
As he’s said on this channel, they don’t gloss over things. He said that when mentioning the cartel wars in the Mexico episode I believe
@@coyotelong4349 fair, it might be tough to do. I hadn't caught the earlier bit. Thanks for the reference.
Yes was the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Count Dankula made a video on that. The amount of things that went on there would definitely make you sick.
8:49 Small mistake: They are the Pitcairn Islands, not the Pitcarin Islands as the video and pronounciation suggest.
You can see it clearly says “Pitcairn” in some of the pictures but his captions still say “Pitcarin”. I caught the mistake right away thanks to the geography quiz that makes you spell everything correctly haha
@@Nerdydolfin I noticed it because I wrote a high school paper on exactly the topic of remaining British overseas territories, so I had to read and watch quite a bit about Pitcairn.
Another mistake: The satellite image that is supposed to represent the Isle of Man is actually upside down!
@@poopbattalion7596 no such thing as an upside down satellite photo / upside down map
I kept making that mistake, I used to think that it was "Pitcarin."
Fun fact Malta was supposted to become the 5th member of the UK in the early 60's. A vote was even held with over 70%saying yes. However pressure from mant countries including the UK didn't want Malta to become aa member of the UK as it was 'an act of imperialism.' Kinda funny how America tried the same thing in the late 70s with the Panama canal. However still to this day there are people on Malta who wish for it to become either a 5th member of the UK or even a crown dependency (the crown dependency one is a little foggy so I may be wrong but feel free to tell me so.)
After WW2 Winston Churchill wanted to annex the Danish territory the Faero Islands (into its own overseas territory) since the British did occupy them so the Zazis couldn't get them when denmark fell. However the old way of colonialism was long dead so it never happened but considering that the islands picked p a lot of british culture I wonder what would have happened if the islands were allowed to vote on the matter.
A video on all the British islands (Orkney, Shetland, Scilly Isles, Arran etc) would be a great video!
2:04 the sign literally translated from welsh to “i am currently out of office, please submit all work to the translation team”
OMG we're finally getting close to the thing I have been waiting for FOR YEARS - the UK Geography Now episode!!! xx
Excellent stuff! The confusion that folks have over this is incredible. However, to add to the confusion, it's constituent country, not constituencies. That's something else entirely.
Love the video! Being from Scotland all I would say is that Gaelic is not a dying language. It’s true, there is a minority of Scots who speak this these days. However, through Apps like Duolingo and Government funding Gaelic is enjoying a minor renaissance in past couple years and is slowly gaining in popularity. It is most definitely alive❤
It's dying be honest. A few people speak it and a few people are interested in it, but IT IS dying.
@@markylon I wouldn’t call a language with 60,000 speakers that is increasing a dying language. I would call it a revival. Attitudes towards Gaelic are changing and I hope I’m here years down the line with this trend continuing👍
also important to mention that scots and scottish gaelic are completely different: gaelic is a goidelic celtic language like irish or manx whereas scots is a germanic language similar to and sometimes considered a dialect of english
@@kittrustrameve81 I was brought up learning English in school and speaking Scots at home❤️
If it's not a dying language then why are serious efforts from Duolingo and Government funding needed, be honest with yourself
I’m from Turks and Caicos Islands 🇹🇨 and I love watching your shows barbs!!!
I like how the picture of the sign that you included in your bit about the welsh language translates to "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated".
Me thinks the UK will be the most in depth episode in this series as practically most modern day countries have historical links. Looking forward to it.....maybe consider doing 2 episodes?
A couple errors: 1.) the crown dependencies (Isle of Man, Guernsey, and Jersey) are NOT part of the UK. They are self-governing possessions of the British Crown. The UK is responsible for their protection and are not sovereign. 2.) It's Pitcairn, not Pitcarin.
I'm from Scotland and I really just hope you say Edinburgh properly :)
Looking forward to this one
It’s pronounced Edin-bruh right? Not Edin-burg how most people say it.
@@damirimamagic5064 Edin-brugh or Edin-borough are both fine
Edin burrow and glass go
@@damirimamagic5064 Yes, exactly :)
Scots and Scottish Gaelic are two different languages from different languages families.
Scots is a Germanic language and sister language to English and is mostly mutually intelligible (varies with different regional dialects of each)
Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language though.
As a resident of Jersey, I can debunk a few myths here. We are not in any way bilingual. Everyone here basically speaks English, and basically no one speaks French.
We have more Portuguese and Polish culture over here than French, due to influx of immigration over the last couple of years.
If you have any more questions about Jersey, just drop them down below :)
Alors je suis â Jersey et je suis bilingual ;-)
I’m from guernsey and I have certainly noticed some French but it’s basically none. I still do notice some French influences but it’s not much
Which is better, Jersey or Geurnsey? 😂
I am SO excited for the UK, as it's going to be a great and interesting episode, to learn about America's prim and proper cousins!
the uk is not that prim and proper
We are by no means prim and proper
I say, as the Brits on holiday in Ibiza say, would you mind awfully passing me my pint!
Excuse me referee, as the prim and proper Brits say on the football terraces, but it would appear, Sir, that you may be mistaken.
@@buffcommie942 Really!? I thought they seemed civil.
@@jamesthejoker7415 Maybe it's the positive stereotype.
As a very proud Brit, I thank you for this video keep up the amazing work ❤️🇬🇧
Proud Brit 🚩🚩🚩
@@keithharrell2796 How is me being proud to be British a red flag? am I not allowed to be proud of who I am?
@@thomasanderson2757 maybe he’s just ultra patriotic and is flying the flag that Richard Lionheart used for his navy (solid red)
@@XXXTENTAClON227 yea what the ghost of X said. 😉
@@keithharrell2796 Cry about it.
Please please do a filler episode on all the English counties, Barbs! A very earnest request. 🙏
Historical, ceremonial, or postal?
@@matthewmccallion3311 Ceremonial is the most widely used now but its worth mentioning the historical ones. Don't talk about postal, postal is unnecessary and stupid
@@matthewmccallion3311 likely ceremonial since he mentioned "48 counties" when talking about england's subdivisions
@@completelyuselesstrivia5319 and if iirc postal also is not used much anymore
@@matthewmccallion3311 Would definitely like the ceremonial, with mentions of the historical ones. Postal ones can be ignored. It's been a while since Barbs did country subdivisions and England was a big one he didn't do. Hoping he listens! 😁
That photo you've used for the Welsh language is well known for being a mistake. The local council emailed the sign for translation and received an auto-generated Welsh response saying they were out of office. The local council just used that, printed it and put it out on the street not knowing their mistake.
You can tell how long the hardcore Geography Now fans have been waiting for the OG UK episode 😂😂 there’s soooooo much to talk about! ❤ 🇬🇧
and it's still not out :(
I’m from the Isle of Man so it’s great to see someone talking about us 🇮🇲
Just got back from there. Working on a business idea there (born in Nova Scotia). My girlfriend (Mexican) and I loved it!
Oooh I would love to go there! I am from Germany and the IOM has something familiar, which is why I am so interested in it
@@themetalkiddo6753 🏍🏍🏍👍
Isle of man is a magical place absolutely love it!
Loved this episode and thanks Paul. However you inverted the map of the Isle of Man (at the 3:45 mark) and St. Helena is pronounced [ hell - EE - na ]. Thanks for showing my second home, Tristan da Cunha.
Nice Video! You did a Good Job of explaining all of The Territories of THE UK. And I'm also excited For The UK Episode along With The US Episode. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
I feel calling this a filler episode , or in line with the flag friday ones where you says "no one wathches these" would be taking something away from these. This is a video covering something i always wanted.
I've been confused about the isles and the carribean territories and have done my own research on them, but this video contextulizes it all, and most importantly puts it all in a good format which adds alot to the learning value. For the first time i feel i understand this subject matter
Cant wait for the UK episode which I bet will easily be an hour !
I can say the same for The US.
*THE QUEEN HAS BEEN SLAYED*
I'm British but have roots of sorts in Germany, Ireland, Chile, and Texas.
Great video as always! We love your videos!
Great video! Even most of us Brits don’t understand this stuff, it is so complicated! This video shows how it all works really well! Amazing job 😊
Pretty much Britain's entire Chagos Islander community now lives in the otherwise unremarkable town of Crawley, West Sussex. After the plane on which the Chagos Islanders were exiled landed in Gatwick Airport, they just settled in the nearest town, and they and their descendants are still mostly there today over fifty years later.
Really sorry for them.
They have been very poorly treated by the British Government since they were forced into exile.
That's basically correct. I lived in Crawley for years and it's actually quite nice, but it's a big town with well in excess of 100k residents (something many don't realize), so has the same problems that any large town can bring.
As a Brit I have so been looking forward to you doing your UK THANG ... and my goodness you did this SO WELL!
Very interesting video. Worth noting that depending on who you consult, Scotland has two native languages Scots Gaelic and Scots, which is closely related to English. There is a fairly robust debate about whether Scots is a language or just a dialect of English. About 200,000 people still speak "braid scots" and almost all working class people still use a lot of Scots words mixed in with standard English.
Scouse is a dialect of English despite having many words not used outside of Merseyside
@@dylanmurphy9389 he said scots not scouse you fuckwit
I believe Scots is descended from Anglo Saxon, just like English. So there are similarities between the two, but Scots is a separate language.
The timing of this video is insane Barbs. I'm in the U.K for the very first time and this and Switzerland (layover) are my first countries outside of the U.S
I've been waiting for this! Can't wait for the UK episode, cheers from England
Brit here. Loved the vid.
In1707 the independent kingdoms of Scotland and England joined together to form the kingdom of Great Britain. Wales had been occupied by the English's since the 13th century. In 1536 Henry viii declared it part of England so it's not technically right to say Wales joined the UK in 1536. That's why there's no Welsh representation on the union flag as Wales didn't exist in a legal sense. In 1974 local government was reorganised and I believe that is when Wales was reaffirmed as an actual country in a legal sense. Of course Wales was always Wales to the people there.
The United Kingdom came into existence in 1801 when Ireland United with great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Then in 1921 most of Ireland left the Union but the North opted to stay part. So we renamed ourselves the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
It's not really that complicated it's just a lot.
Idk it kind of accidentally represents the Welsh colours on the flag with the red for Wales
@@gothicgolem2947 I see what you're getting at but the flag is a union of St George's Cross for England and St Andrews Cross for Scotland. Come 1801 we got St Patrick's Cross for Ireland. I think it would look pretty good having a dragon right in the middle of the flag. But the way things are going makes one wonder how long that flag will be around.
@@mr.caretaker6086 yeahand i fully get that but by accident th flag represents colours of every county in the Uk. And yes a dragon would be so cool on it if Scotland leave we should design a new flag maybe with a lion for England a Dragon for Wales and idk sadly Ni don’t have a a animal according to google so maybe have there cross there idk but yeah. Also the flag may be around for a bit Ni is slowly moving towards Indy and in Scotland it is extremely close so ho knows
The current Welsh flag only came into existence in 1959.
@@gothicgolem2947 if Scotland and England went their separate ways, it would be interesting to see to which NI unionists would want to remain united to.
Well explained video as always Barbs.
Though at 4:01 Lieutenant Governor, you call it a call it a Loo-ten-ant Governor whereas over here it is a Leff-ten-ant Governor.
I'm Manx living in Orkney, we would love to see you come here! Brilliant video Paul!
My only issue with this, as a former history student here in Scotland 🏴 is that the UK didn't exist when "Wales joined" England had taken over an subjugated Wales for centuries (there were Welsh bowmen at the battle of Bannockburn 1314) so they were by default part of Great Britain as a subjugated part of England.
So Wales being a constituent country of the UK only exist during the devolved government in recent years? I wonder whether the independence movement within Wales has been there or it is something new arising from the devolution.
@@EAlyahya In the post-Roman period, a number of Welsh kingdoms formed in present-day Wales, including Gwynedd, Powys, Deheubarth, Brycheiniog, Ergyng and Gwent. While the most powerful ruler was acknowledged as King of the Britons (later Tywysog Cymru: Leader or Prince of Wales), and some rulers extended their control over other Welsh territories and into western England, none were able to unite Wales for long. Internecine struggles and external pressure from the English and later, the Norman conquerors of England, led to the Welsh kingdoms coming gradually under the sway of the English crown. In 1282, the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd led to the conquest of the Principality of Wales by King Edward I of England; afterwards, the heir apparent to the English monarch has borne the title "Prince of Wales". The Welsh launched several revolts against English rule, the last significant one being that led by Owain Glyndŵr in the early 15th century. In the 16th century Henry VIII, himself of Welsh extraction as a great-grandson of Owen Tudor, passed the Laws in Wales Acts aiming to fully incorporate Wales into the Kingdom of England.
Under England's authority, Wales became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
@@EAlyahya I think there were a handful back in the 60's-70s, they blew up a post box, hurt someone, and renounced their violent ways.
@@EAlyahya I believe it was in the 1950s or 60s that Wales was legally separated from England though for some purposes it had always been treated differently. The border issue as regards Monmouthshire was not settled until the Local Government Act of 1972
@@pedanticradiator1491 during Victorian era, how the Welsh people view themselves? Did they regard themselves as English or Welsh when it was part of England? I’m curious if Cornwall being part of England will be separated as a constituent country in the future.
Hey, I’m from the British Virgin Islands 🇻🇬 👋🏿
how do you cope with the constant heat/humidity?
It honestly feels the same as Florida in terms of the heat @@Alex_Gordon
@@Tokyodrift. yeah i bet!
when you talk about the British virgin islands, do you say bvi or just the whole name
@@giraffegaming5671 Both
Aww Geography Now is in the U letters. Ever since moving out of LA and finishing Associate school, I haven’t been able to find you. But happy to see you and you’re channel grow. Wishing you many blessings to you and your mom and friends. ❤
One think to note about overseas territories & crown dependencies is they are not technically sovereign UK territory. They essentially operate as micro-states of which the UK controls foreign policy & defence. This differs from other examples of overseas land, such as in the case of France, of which they are actually part of the country.
Waited so long for this episode, but thanks for doing it! Good job!
I hope when you finish all the countries you can give each these Territories ect their own episode
Yeah all the autonomous territories will be done after some of the older country episodes are remade I believe.
I have been waiting for a video like this for years thanks
I hope in the main UK video you bring up specifically that Scotland and England were specifically in a personal union - two systems under one king until the Acts of Union about a century later that made them into a single entity. Also, maybe bring up that Scots has Germanic roots, just like English, and that it's not a Celtic language like Irish, or Welsh, or Scottish Gaelic?
"they still have their own parliaments"
england: 😐
The only country that's so complicated that it needs two episodes,
Thanks to Pitcairn, the sun still never sets on the British “Empire”.
Also it’s like a 2 week ride on a semi-cargo ship just to get there, there is zero way to arrive by air (St. Helena used to have this same problem, but they actually built an airport in a somewhat remote part of the island (guess to mitigate the noise.)
The next few "U" country episodes are going to be insane.
Especially Ukraine because of the war and all the stuff that’s going on sadly.
Yeah, Uganda is wild.
USA! 😂
Some people will easily forget about the arab emirates and Uruguay.
@@distar7471 Uzbekistan as well
So glad you made this video thanks so much!
I remember emailing you years and years ago about doing an Isle of Man video, I’ll take this!
Also not to mention that, Netherlands, France, New Zealand and Australia have their own overseas territories.
And the USA and Denmark
Oh yes, I forgot about those 2 countries :/.
Filler weeks are more fun than main episodes for me! Especially the ones breaking down a country’s regions as it makes them feel so so much more unique. We’ve got to see Mexico or (if you can handle the number of regions) China someday!
Thanks Barbs 👍 As a Brit, this was a smart move you made, as I guess you already know, there's THAT MUCH to cover in the 🇬🇧 episode. Despite that, it'll probably be the longest country episode anyway 🤔 Suggestion: invite Bald and Bankrupt to be your guest host. I think that would be awesome 👌
By the way, two things I spotted: 1. It's Pitcairn, not Pitcarin; 2. (St.) Helena is pronounced "Heleena" - I discovered this myself only a few years ago.
Jay Foreman should join!
There shouldn’t be a UK episode. The UK is a political partnership. All 4 countries should have their own video
@@Ccccc-mi3tr The UK isn't a "political partnership", it's a unitary state that was created in 1707 and its constituent parts have less autonomy than New Jersey does in the USA (with the exception of NI which can leave unilaterally if it wants to per the GFA). The only people who don't believe the UK is a country are nationalists who want independence, and who are still in the minority in their respective bits of the UK.
Thanks Barbs! Just the video I’ve been waiting for.
Little detail, the official 'capital' of South Georgia is actually King Edward Point, a scientific base just a few meters away from Grytviken, the old Norwegian settlement where Shackleton is buried.
P.S. I still regret having been to Tristan da Cunha, Falkland and South Georgia and not having sent a postcard to Geography Now 😭
I sent Paul a package from Tristan da Cunha and you can see it on the Flag / Fan Friday episode for North Korea (DPRK).
love it. can't wait for the uk episode
I'm from the UK and wrote my Master's thesis and a subsequent book on UK overseas territories so this was cool to see!
Glad to see the information here was more or less accurate! I even learned a few things myself e.g. about the previous Union of Saint Kitts & Montserrat!
Funnily enough the main errors i see are in the spelling and pronunciation of some of the territories. One could easily talk a lot about them all too but maybe we'll get a full episode one day 😁
Wow!! , good video. Waiting for the UK episode. 🇬🇧
Hey, guys! I just stumbled on this channel. You all make it so entertaining, I love it! Also I haven’t seen a better looking group of people since I watched Friends that one time. 😃
You could almost make an entire series on the UK episode there's so much to do with it.
I really enjoy your videos.. they are so informative. I’ve learned a lot. I love Geography and travel.. What are you going to do when you run out of countries to talk about?😃
He could possibly still cover territories of other countries and US states.
Redo his older videos. The A videos are too short.
Lol - the welsh sign translates to say 'sorry i'm not in the office right now' ...
At 2:05 the sign in Welsh is incorrect, translated it is an automatic out-of-office email reply, and the people who made the sign used it because none of them spoke Welsh and assumed that was the correct translation sent back
i have been waiting for the UK episode since 2017!!! you will do us brits proud!!!!
Happy to see my home of Guernsey mentioned. Looking forward to the UK episode.
BTW bailiwick is pronounced beh-lee-wihk.
If you have any questions about the channel Islands, I'd he happy to answer. Not as good with Jersey but (much to friends annoyance) I know a lot about guernsey.
I can't wait for the UK episode!
Hey, just worth noting that for scottish gaelic its pronounced with an open “a” (like in rats) that is used here to distinguish from irelands gaelic.
At 2:00 the "bilingual" sign in English and Welsh made the news. Apparently the Welsh text says, "I'm sorry but I'm not in at the moment. Send all translation requests to".
Can't wait for uk episode, epic !
Scotland didn't join the UK in 1707, it united into Great Britain. Which is a country but also a geographical island. Also monarch doesn't have to be head of state of commonwealth countries. India, South Africa, Nigeria are republics and are commonwealth members.
Finally, doing a UK episode we’ve been waiting for that
I've not. Who is this "we"?
@@jackdubz4247 The UK is one of those fairly weird countries that went through a melting pot situation hundreds of years ago, it was also the largest Empire in human history while still having at least 7 distinct cultures in a tiny amount of space, add to this music and the industrial revolution/invention then yes, it's going to be a fairly interesting episode for many people.
@@jackdubz4247 the viewers of this show…
Growing up in England, I'd never realised that the whole overseas possessions thing, let alone the counties even, or indeed the Commonwealth, could be a bit overwhelming. I s'pose that I just assimilated it all by osmosis.
In our defence, if it's needed, I would simply state that we've been around for a while now.
It's history.
Quick thing about the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Technically, this is a different thing to the island of Guernsey itself, because the Bailiwick also includes the islands of Alderney, Herm and Sark which were not pictured/talked about.
Pitcairn not Pitcarin, otherwise great video Barbs very well researched. :)
Also: Cayman Islands, not Caiman Islands
Awesome video Barbs! Buzzing for the UK episode, been waiting years for it since I subscribed at B
I would still like to see a short one like this about the Commonwealth.
Looking forward to the UK epi, Barbs!
The Falklands are not "in dispute" with Argentina. If your neighbour tries to take over your detached garage, it doesn't mean your garage is in dispute. It just that he has ambitions against it. If you are mugged, you are not "in dispute" with the mugger, you are victim of attempted robbery. If Argentina feels it has a dispute, then it should take it to the forum designated to resolve such matters, the International Court, but it consistently refuses to do so. Until it does so, there is no "dispute", just a unilateral claim.
lol someone's a deeply humorless brit
good job seeing countries where people live as "your garage" btw
@@demilembias2527 You want to find humour in the unnecessary deaths of a thousand Argentines and 250 Britons? As for the inhabitants of the "garage", they are the Falkland Islanders in this analogy. They want to be British, not Argentine.
Argentina claims Falkland as a province.
@@Maymar173 If Argentina feels it has a dispute, then it should take it to the forum designated to resolve such matters, the International Court, but it consistently refuses to do so. Until it does so, there is no "dispute", just a unilateral claim.
@@markaxworthy2508What about Mauritius with BIOT?
As a Scot, Scots Gaelic is slowly coming back, look up the Highlands clearances if you are interested! 🏴🙌
1:35 not to be “that guy”, but saying Scotland joined the UK in 1707 is very misleading as there wasn’t even a UK to join at the time. Rather, Scotland and England formed the UK in 1707.
Also, it’s “Pitcairn” not “Pitcarin”.
Get in!!! So wanted this video for ages!!!! Posted so many times to ask this!!!!
Just a correction, 8:56 - It is Pitcairn not Pitcarin Islands, other than that good video