Can Americans Find England's Counties On A Map? 🇬🇧
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Can these Americans find England's counties on a map? Or will ignorant Yank stereotypes prevail? Join as we stroll through all 48 English counties, trying to pronounce and trying to label a map with county locations.
Were you able to name all these English counties and find them on the map? Or did you do as bad as the Americans? 😂 Let us know in the comments down below!
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I edited my comment to add in the others I accidently deleted my Heart from you guys. I like it when you give me one could I have another ill be good and leave it alone this time.
You know theres a Scottish island closer to Norway that is it to Edinburgh
@@Oddballkane Here you go ;)
@@Tony26971 Wow! We didn't know!
@Craig 75 Thank you for answering our question, Craig! We love learning the history behind these place names. We'll check out a documentary about that time!
You did better than most Brits would!
We're glad to hear it!
im British i know a lot of them they did well
I got the county where I live wrong 😂 we should of do e this in school instead of rocks
You did way better than most of us Brits, saying that I'm pretty good with American states though.
r.e. the english; anyone called Rhys, is ,at best suspect on this "subject". ( pun intended.)
The whole etymology of england is really interesting
England - comes from Englaland meaning land of the Angles, they refereed to themselves as the Englisc
Their were 7 main kingdoms of Anglo - Saxon England
East Anglia - The Land of the eastern Angles
Northumbria - "the people or province north of the Humber (The River Humber being its southern boundary)
Mercia - Land of the border People (bordered Wales)
Wessex - The Land of the Western Saxons
Essex/Sussex - The Land of the Eastern/Southern Saxons
Kent- Came from the celtic name of the area (Cantiaca) meaning land on the edge
These Anglo Saxon Kingdoms combined to make the Kingdom of England in the 10th century
I thought England came from Ængland
@@zainchandia7355 nope, English people arnt even British. We are technicly German.
@@jamesoakley4570 the royal family is technically German but not all of us, but all us English are a cocktail of nationalities
@@zainchandia7355 Yes. That's almost how the Saxons would have spelt it. Pronounced "Anglond" - æ like 'a' in cat; a more like 'o' in bottle.
some of us "saxons" can spell better
You found the 4 modern day counties of Yorkshire, that’s all I was checking for 🤣💪
i've lived in england almost my whole life and i can't do that lol
Here's a link to the quiz if you'd like to play along 😄 online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3146
Depends on how many holidays or football stadia you have visited
I've never understood why people wouldn't want to know.
Hertfordshire is pronounced like heart and Derby more like Darby and Berkshire more like bark
Spot on, but if you pay the house prices in Berkshire, it's pronounced BERK-SHIRE. 😁
They have forgotten already!
@@jumpferjoy1st House prices in Hertfordshire do not cost you your heart, just an arm and a leg.
I could almost picture my wife screaming when they said Derbyshire as Dur-be-shire as opposed to dar-be-shire.
It depends which part of Derbyshire ya from, cause we drop few letters where i grew up, moved to Sussex half them didnt know where bloody Derbyshire was, they thought i was from Yorkshire and one lad said Leeds. I said where do u think that is Scotland lol
You guys should visit Chester, which is in Cheshire. It's a very nice historical city with some great architecture (similar to York) and also a cool zoo!
And its the birthplace of me😂
As an English person I know where all the main ones are. Durham - that's where I live, all the Yorkshires - that's where I was born, Lancashire - every yorkshireman knows where treacherous Lancashire is, Lincolnshire - that's where Skegness is, Cumbria - that's where the lakes are, Northumberland - really nice scenery, Tyne & Wear - Geordies. As for all the piddly little other ones, no real idea.
Oh and btw, Derbyshire = Darbyshire, dah-bi-shur, dah, ah, not er :)
So by the main ones, you mean the northern?
I know all the southern ones as I’m south so to me they are the main ones. Guess everyone’s just a bit biased especially as London is southern 😂
These are the main ones for you, but I could easily say I only know all the main ones. Being from derby that means all the ones in the midlands to me. (Other than that I would personally say the main ones would be like greater Manchester, greater London, city of London, Merseyside, and the southwest ones). Durham is definitely near the bottom of my list for "main ones" 😅
Yep Co Durham it's the only one call a county
County duham only one called a counyt
You've just done a name the counties video and already forgotten how to pronounce some of them 😂 you both did very well. A lot of people wouldn't know where the counties were beyond a few of them
We're not perfect (yet) ;D
Norfolk and suffolk, make up what was historically the Kingdom of the east Angles. The area today being known as East Anglia.
The different tribes would refer to the other as the norofolc or the suthfolc ( The Northern/Southern Folk) that overtime became what we know them as today
Thank you for answering our question!
Same sort of thing for Wessex=West Saxon, Essex=East Saxon & Sussex=South Saxon. Winchester was the capital of Wessex - though it doesn't exist as a county any more.
There was never a Nossex - probably because no one would want to live there!
woozle99 Wessex never was a county, it was one of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, along with Mercia, Northumbria (Bernicia) and Anglia
There were also North Anglia and South Anglia, roughly where Lincolnshire now is. They weren't successful and didn't last long.
Norwich - The Northern Market Town or Cattle Farm; Ipswich ( Farm of Ippa ?)
Loved this episode! We were yelling at the TV "No not that one"" ye ye ye yeah! ". No! Ya ding bat! Wrong one! Duh!" 😅 😅 😅 😅
North folk and South folk - quite right; the names of the two separate communities of Angles in that part of the world when the emerged in the 5/6th centuries AD
Most counties end in shire because that's the old Anglo Saxon name for county, they were called counties when the Normans invaded they called them counties because in Norman society there were counts (like an earl or noble of an area)
Love seeing you guys playing the game. I hope you had fun with the game.
Thank you, Isaac! It was a lot of fun :D
Northampton is so called to differentiate it from the other major town called Hampton, ie. Southampton (which is why the latter is in Hampshire--that name derives from when the town was just called Hampton).
As a Brit I could probably only do about 6 of these 😅
That makes us feel better :D
Just thought I’d clear this up :),
“Modern-day Lincolnshire is derived from the merging of the territory of the Kingdom of Lindsey with that controlled by the Danelaw borough of Stamford. For some time the entire county was called "Lindsey", and it is recorded as such in the 11th-century Domesday Book.”
Once upon a time there was a photography competition for the best view in Yorkshire. The winner was a picture of a road sign saying, "Welcome to Lincolnshire".
I'm from Berkshire and it pronounced Bark-sher. but most brits don't know where all the counties are, so you guys did pretty well. :)
So am I.They saved the best for last,or second last.
"I know Nottingham is above the Midlands" but Nottinghamshire is the Midlands 😂
Eric meant that Nottinghamshire is north of the West Midlands, which it is. There is an English region called the East Midlands that is made up of: Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire.
Spot on!
FINALLY!!! SOME AMERICANS THAT CAN SAY MY COUNTY RIGHT!!! IVE NEVER HAD AMERICANS SAY NORFOLK CORRECTLY!!
I've also said in many a comments section that if any non brits can say Norfolk right, I'd sub to them. You earned it
Some (all?) of the Welsh counties will have English sounding names and Welsh names. If you're attempting the Welsh names, I suggest attempting to learn the pronunciation of the letters in the Welsh alphabet (there's 29 of them!)
Winced when you said Nottingham was above the Midlands....
Good effort you two. Come and see us in Wiltshire when you get the opportunity. Lots of white chalk horses to see not to mention Stonehenge and Avebury.
I'm British and I don't know actually really know where any of the counties are cause I was never told or taught where they are.
When I went to Grammar School in S E London 1965-71 we had a weekly Geography Test aged 11-12 years old and if 1/2 the class got under 10/20 we ALL had to re-take it and the second time, irrespective of whether you passed first time, you got a stroke of the cane for every half mark Uner 10.20 up to a maximum of 4 strokes. EVERY week aged 11/12....
I got 92% within 1 County :)
Hey guys!
Unfortunately I didn't receive a notification for this video =/ Regardless of that little snafu this was a fun little video, You both crushed this guessing game and certainly done better than most Brits! So congratulations, you're well on your way to becoming honorary Brits. :D
I'm totally looking forward to the next video, some of those Welsh names can be quite illogical so I know it will have me in tears by the end of the video! :D
Also I'm really intrigued by your road trip idea, I thought that was a great idea and would be great as a mini series for your channel.
Thank you for the giggle this evening,
Take care!
x
Fun fact: Charles Darwin was born on exactly the same day as Abraham Lincoln.
Wow, when I saw that I thought, _'they must mean the same date, come on'_ . But, mind blown!
Wow!!! Thank you for letting us know! :D
And Eric, slap on the wrist, what came first, Lincolnshire or your President, it's easy really 😂😂 tut tut
@@johnwynne2179 Yeah...I was taking the mick 😂
@@johnwynne2179 whooshh...
Great effort.
As a North Yorkshireman id struggle with those(blink whilst passing through it and you'll miss it)southern counties.
You'll love Durham cathedral
Yep Co duham
Honestly you both did rather well!
When i was 11 my class was asked to name all the States of the USA and I was the only one who knew them all...so congrats on a game try
I used to have a USA road atlas from rand mcnally, interesting it got water damaged
Same I know where very state is
Wow amazing job guys! And the pronunciations were great too
Dorset is home to most beautiful coastlines in England. You should come and see when you do that road trip.
Very true. The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site and gets its name because it is famous for fossils.
Lots of counties have stunning coastlines
@@ianwallis6473 Cornwall, Devon, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Kent and Sussex are amongst those that spring to mind.
Just to let u know people don't really put emphasis on the a in Northamptonshire it's more usually pronounced like north- hamp- ton- shire ( well where I come from any way)
But don't put to much emphasis on the h in hamp either
i’m british and honestly i learnt where all the US states are but i don’t know where the english counties are..
To answer Grace's question; no, a lot of us don't know where all these counties are. We probably know where our native counties are, roughly, as well as where the counties which immediately border our native counties. Additionally, for those of us who holiday within the UK, we usually know where the counties we holiday to are. For example, as I originally come from Northamptonshire I could probably locate Northamptonshire, as well as Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Buckinghamshire on a map.
That makes sense! Thanks for answering my question :)
Yep. I know only where Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Kent, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Surrey, Sussex and the Isle of Wight are so..
Haven't watched it yet but I'm guessing they didnt do very well because of Grace's reaction last video
After watching it... they did better than I would have 😓 (I'm British)
😂😂
great stuff looking forward to when you do Scotland. Places like Dumfries, Kirkubridghtshire, Hawick, Milngavie and Galashiels.
Oh dear!!
"Derbyshire" is pronounced Dar-bee-shur. Trust me, I live here.
Other than that, you did better than I could've!
Oh no! We forgot! Thank you :D
@@WanderingRavens And Barkshur
Comes from when it was a Saxon settlement blame them they named it then the romans kicked them out
I'm from Cheshire and yes we do love cats lol interesting fact my town Northwich has 2 sister towns in the county Middlewich & Nantwich, named by the Roman's, which from whych or salt town, Nant meaning south, so north, middle & south salt....they needed to pay the centurians their "salary" as it was worth its weight in gold!
same i live there too
This was a great attempt! Btw, if you’re ever in Devon I’d be more than happy to show you around (specifically Plymouth bc there’s a lot of history here, quite a bit regarding America which is interesting to look at).
Norfolk gets its name from ancient English 'Nordfolc' meaning folk of the North. Suffolk is the opposite
Thank you for letting us know!
Norfolk - where all of the locals have the same DNA
@@jjsmallpiece9234 Odd that that idea still has currency when the greater part of incestuous relationships are in the cities, London particularly. At one time Feltham in West London had twice the number of incestuous births as anywhere else in the country.
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle Sense of humour fail, by any chance?
Subdivisions of the old Kingdom of East Anglia
I'm from Cambridgeshire, and most people always assume it's right next to London when in fact it's an hour by train
Just letting you know that for the counties with "er" in the name like Derbyshire and Hertfordshire for example, it's pronounced like "ar" so Derbyshire would be darbeeshire and Hertfordshire would be hartfordshire. And Berkshire would also be barkshire, I know we pronounce the same letters in different ways though so it's very confusing 😂😂
Oh no! We just learned this two days ago and already forgot XD
I live in Hertfordshire and always pronounced it both ways, Hertfordsher and Hertfordshar? Sometimes I even leave out the t sound 😅
@@pipercharms7374 I live in Hertfordshire too and I say 'sheer' I guess people say what feels right
@@Oscardavies27 Yeah, I think some counties there are specific ways to say it but I feel like we're more relaxed about it XD
@@pipercharms7374 Being annoyingly pedantic, you are right to omit the t sound; it really should be pronounced Harfordshire.
I had trouble with some of these too. So happy both of you instantly knew where Devon was though.
Literally were told in your last video that Hertfordshire and Derbyshire and Berkshire are pronounced Hartfordshire and Darbyshire and Barkshire but still pronounce them wrong 🤦♂️
A quick heads-up for next week's Welsh counties video. Googling "Welsh counties" will give you a few different lists, as they've changed over the years. This site: www.geni.com/projects/Counties-of-Wales-United-Kingdom/14323 has the full list, with the current names at the bottom of the page under "Principal areas of Wales" - in both English and (if you're feeling really brave) Welsh.
Also, if you're using Google Translate to check your pronunciation; if you're trying both Welsh and English (or Anglicised) names, set it to translate Welsh to English, and copy & paste the Welsh names - the other way round misses quite a few of the translations. And the English robot lady does a good job of pronouncing the English names. The Welsh voice... not so much - it sounds like my great-uncle Billy after a few beers.
Yes, North folk and South folk
also aren't they in what was the ancient kingdom of East Anglia? Or have i got that completely wrong lol
@@UKSponge360 You are right, East Anglia became part of England in 918.
North Saxons ,South Saxons and East Saxons (Essex)
Brilliant! Thanks for letting us know!
Hey guys, really good job! you did better than I would've and I live in Buckinghamshire! Here's a few quick tips for you to get even better!
- When saying Northumberland you pronounce it as Nor-thumberland, instead of north-umberland.
- Shire is pronounced sheer not sure if you wanna perfect that pronunciation. Then again, I have a very neutral Bucks accent unlike a Yorkshire accent which would sound vastly different. :)
- Hertfordshire is pronounced Heartfordshire
- Durham is pronounced Duh-rum not Dure-um
- Dorset is pronounced Dorsit, not Dorset. It sounds so stupid how we pronounce things.
- Derbyshire is pronounced Darbyshire
- and, like all the other counties with 'er' in the start of their names, Berkshire is pronounced Barkshire. Just think of a dog when saying it. xD
Hope this is useful and keep trying, you are the most committed Americans I've even seen when it comes to adapting to our culture which we really love and respect! :)
Edit: Thanks for liking guys! Really glad you got to see this :D
Another great video also Cheshire is the best county just saying 🙂
Can't wait to visit!
Come to Cheshire it rocks! Al even make yer a brew! Tea that is of course
I'll support that - my home county.
I think you guys did a great job tbh, and even when you were wrong you were generally in the right area. Compared to US States for example, English counties usually represent very little of any meaning, as cities or regions (e.g. North, Midlands, South East etc.) are what people identify with. Honestly I think your standard Englishman or woman attempting this wouldn't do any better than you, as a lot of people are quite ignorant of our Geography. They just put the postcode in the Sat Nav and you're there. My sister has driven me places and genuinely cannot point out the route she took on a map.
Personally I got every single one right first time except one (what is even in bloody Rutland!?), but I'd put that down to the fact I often use trains and know a lot of the routes, so you can just follow a train line and work out the counties en route. For example, I know the Hereford train goes through Worcester, and that Stafford is on the line from Birmingham to Manchester, so that helps a bit
To be fair to you both, I'm a very bad brit as I couldn't name them and remember where all our counties are either XD I mean I'm not bad at it but definitly couldn't guess all of their locations XD I mean I don't know about everybody else but I was never taught all our counties names and locations at school or by my parents, just a couple that were "important" or have "important history" or ones we'd go on holiday too XD
We're glad to hear we're not the only ones who had trouble! XD
Wandering Ravens you both did a very good job! 😁
If you plan to visit Nottinghamshire, Sherwood Forest is a good place to go however I'd wait a bit as Nottingham castle itself is currently closed for renovations. However, Wollaton hall, Newark air museum etc are also some pretty good places.
Daaarbyshire😬😂
We're not perfect (yet) 😂
Wandering Ravens all good 😘
Well done guys that was really great
2 days and they have already forgotten Derbyshire is pronounced Darbyshire,
To be fair they do better than most I've heard some wack pronunciations Especially of some foreign exchange students that have come here
Nice effort guys, did better than a lot of Brits would I suspect. I always struggle with the counties around London.
Here's a link to the quiz if you'd like to play along 😄online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3146
@@WanderingRavens Thanks for the link, managed 89%, not helped by struggling to click on central London. As expected, messed up a few counties north of London.
I am Scottish and I can only recognise Cornwall.
That makes us feel better :D
😂
As a Cornishman, we prefer the Scots to the English so this is appreciated 😂
im english, up there i only recognise Norway. .... get tae. the sooner the better,ken?
As a Brit who is an avid train enthusiast, I know only one way of writing dialectical in Scottish:
"I dinnae knoo what yoo're talking aboot Donnie!"
"Ach, Douggie, ya really should doo!"
"Nae, I have nae reason tae, Donnie!"
Guys, I love your videos (even though I'm a Manchester lad that grew up in Cheshire and now lives in Derbyshire and you didn't know where they were!).
Can I please make a suggestion that I'm sure others will appreciate? I'd love to see some videos of you comparing culture in the various regions of England, because we are so passionate about it! We have completely different dialects and names for things, we have ferocious rivalries and we eat different food! I would love for you to come and spend some time in the North West (specifically Greater Manchester) and compare it to your experience in the South East, because those regions both believe the other is full of idiots.
Keep up the good work!
Great suggestion!!
2:05 grace proclaiming that the Midlands are in the middle of the land is my level of logic
😂😂
Well. It kind of does make sense. It's like the Middle of the land
Funny video chaps! Looking forward to the Welsh county names! Scotland council area names coming after that? 😁
Definitely come to Notts when you can. It’s a good laugh. Decent bars, decent music venues, wonderful arts and culture district, and so quick and easy to get from the city centre to the countryside. :)
Bit of perspective. I've been Googling. UK is smaller in area than Oregon! You can travel west coast to east coast in 3 hours. So the giant Yorkshire counties can be crossed in about an hour and half. 😂
The difference is, no one in their right mind would want to go to Oregon.
After Corona head to Wales it's beautiful, not complain about the raid signs though! It's their very proud national language, which a lot people do surprisingly know.
Im from Lancashire, when you put it in the south kinda made me sad but we all make mistakes😂. The war of the roses was between the house of York and the house of Lancaster so I guess that's a way to remember where it is idk 😂
The pronunciations of Northumberland and Northamptonshire were pretty funny!
Well done you did better than me 🤣 if you get the chance definitely come to North England, North Yorkshire, Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland there's some beautiful places to visit and you won't be disappointed
6:06 "It sounds like something that'd be close to the sea..." - immediately selects a county 100 miles inland.
Let's be honest, compared to the USA everywhere in England is close to the sea!
A lot of people can do this, a lot can't. It's tied in with general awareness of your surroundings and some nowadays are more narrow in both their outlook and their knowledge.
Lincoln is not named after Abraham. It’s an evolution of Lindum Colonia in Roman times from AD48 onwards!
I was making what I thought was an obvious joke 😂
Very respectable scores both of you. I think it would be really interesting for us to see you do the same quiz with the states!
Thank you! Here's a link to the quiz if you'd like to play along 😄online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3146
@@WanderingRavens Merci infiniment.;-)
I think you both did very well. If you do find yourselves getting to Sussex and need some guidance, give me a shout. Happy to show where the gems are.
Not bad - actually surprisingly good! I know the ones around where I live/have lived and have a good general idea where they ALL are on the map.But to actually pin point the exact location for each and every one of them, especially the non coastal ones is, difficult. Growing up in Wales did not help me with English counties as I just tended to think "yeah, that's in England" as being enough. When I then move to central England, I needed to know if the county is north, south, east or west of where I am. Really started to pay a bit more attention then. Made me laugh that you BOTH still can't say counties such as Derbyshire or Hertfordshire, despite your previous video! Thanks guys! xxx
Hi Oz! Here's a link to the quiz if you'd like to play along 😄online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3146
@@WanderingRavens Thanks - 89%. Got Leicestershire and Staffordshire wrong. I had the advantage of seeing you do it a few hours ago, and maybe 40 plus more years of living in the UK - I feel stupid and old! xxx
@@WanderingRavens Just tried the States of the USA one and got 39%, and that was my third go. Ooops! xxx
As somebody from staffordshire I can tell you that most people I speak to from other areas of England don’t even know we exist, so I would’ve been surprised if you found us!!
Everyone has heard of Staffordshire pottery...and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier! Linda
Great video. I could feel your nerves. It was like watching “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”. Loved Grace’s reaction every time she got one right. I’m wondering if you did this before the pronunciation vlog? Only because you were pronouncing some of them the way you used to. ie: Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire are pronounced as if the “er” sounds like an “ar” (eg: Bark-shir). Also, Durham is pronounced more with an open “u” sound.
So it’s more like Duh-rrerm. Thanks again. Loved it.
So glad you enjoyed the video! Here's a link to the quiz if you'd like to play along 😄 online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3146
I recommend visiting Herefordshire if you haven't already and definitely St Albans for its market, parks, walks etc.
I live in Sussex and it is well worth a visit. The weather is generally good, plenty to see and do! I did actually know most of the uk counties by the way.
You don't live in Sussex; you either live in East Sussex or West Sussex!
With the Norfolk Sulfolk thing that could be something do do with the old kingdoms before England was a thing, they were in East Anglia.
I'm from Suffolk and now live in Norfolk and you're right. The word Norfolk comes from 'the North people' from the Anglo-Saxons in the mid-11th century and Suffolk is 'the South people' and comes from around the same time. Suffolk is the only county that had Scandinavian influence and settlement and it explains a lot of the original names for some of the smaller towns and villages.
The look of shock on Grace's face when she got one right...! ^^ Good job guys; you've probably done as good as if not better than most Brits! XD
Yay! Thank you!
I’m British and I’m learning new things from these videos 😂 p.s. I’m a new subscriber and I love your content
Hi Abigail! Thank you! Welcome to our little corner of the internet :) Here's a link to the quiz if you'd like to play along 😄 online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3146
Wandering Ravens Thank you ☺️
Wandering Ravens update, I got 56% on the quiz 😂
Great video. When you got to figuring out where Surrey might be, I remembered that Surrey was near Windsor which is outside of London, I remembered that because last year when the Dutchess of Sussex ( ie Meagan Markle and I'm a royal family enthusiast😁👑👸🤴) was preparing to welcome Archie, a hospital in Surrey where The Earl and Countess of Wessex ( Prince Edward, the Queens youngest son and his wife) welcomed their children was in the running for The Duke and Dutchess of Sussex to welcome their little boy at because Surrey was close to their home in Windsor. In the end, little Archie was born @ The Great Portland Hospital in London , another hospital with a connection to royal births.
The way I remember Herefordshire ( they city of Hereford) , Hartford and Hampshire is the Neumonic Device/Tongue twister used by Henry Higgins when he was initially trying to teach Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady"(one of my favorite movies of all time) to not drop her Hs , the twister goes " In Hartford, Hartford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen"
Berkshire is pronounced bark-sheer/sher in a South East accent usually 😁
You did quite well, imo (and in an american opinion, that was awesome 😂 jk)
Nice one. It reminded me of Tim Vine's 'Flag Hippo' routine. Of course if you turned the tables, had a map of the US and said "which one's Idaho?" I would just mutter 'potato' and start crying...
You did good knowing that I couldn't even label my own county - Warwickshire. I know the obvious ones Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and the ones around the coast in the east and west but get to the midlands and your on your own. 😂👌
For the record, I am British born and bred, and I am CERTAIN I would struggle to do what you have attempted here (never was great at Geography), so well done for the effort.
Weird county trivia - Bristol used to be in Avon. Avon as a County doesn't exist anymore, but for some reason we still have Avon&Somerset Police....who patrol Bristol....and no they don't try to sell your products by calling. Quite a few counties are easier to remember due to the towns/Cities in them, and sometimes have part of them in the county name. (Worcester - Worcestershire, Derby - Derbyshire) and then Dorchester - Dorset, Chester - Cheshire, Terribleplacetoliveandyoumustnevergothere - Lancashire.
I love you for getting West Yorkshire!
That's one we both found! :D
@@WanderingRavens West Yorkshire is God's country!
I'm just glad you both got East Yorkshire 🙂 well doneee!!!
Eric is spot on-Norfolk and Suffolk derive from the Anglo-Saxon names Norðfolc and Sūþfolc, meaning North Folk/People and South Folk/people, referring to the two dominant groups of Anglo-Saxons settled in the area.
Thank you for letting us know! :D
Northumberland : nor-thumbed-land.
Northamptonshire : nor-thamp-ton-shire
Merseyside : mer-zee-side
Hertfordshire : hart-ford-shire
Derbyshire : dar-bee-shire
Durham is actually formally called County Durham.
Point of trivia : the counties which ring a London are known as the Home Counties.
Full marks for pronouncing “shire” as “shure” though.
Haggis is from Scotland, we are the United Kingdom or Great Britain, it is a combination of four separate countries of which England is but one.
You should 100% watch the inbetweeners. Basically sums up a lot of young British culture in a nutshell, and captures the sense of humour so well
The word "shire" (OE scīr, pronounced "sheer") meant a large administrative area. The earliest counties don't usually have -shire. Hampshire was the "administrative area based on (South)hamton" - Hamtunscīr.
Shropshire began as Scrobbesbyrigscīr, meaning the administrative area based on Scrobbesbyrig (Shrobesbury - Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has two pronunciations, and both are correct - Shrows- and Shrews-.
Berkshire, Derbyshire and Hertfordshire are all pronounced Bark-, Darby-, and Hart-, the same way we say "clerk" as "clark". You say "sargeant", "hart", "harth" and similar.
It's because of the Great Vowel Shift which happened between about 1400 and 1600. I posted about this on your last video - happy to give details if you'd like, because it explains a lot.
well i have to say you did better than me down south but not up north and you do seem to know your way around england, another great video thank you
It's refreshing to see Americans learning about the world outside of their own borders. The U.S. is so self-reliant when it comes to experiences that it's very easy for Americans to become complacent because they can just experience things "at home" that most other peoples around the world need to travel to other countries or even continents to experience :)
I have to say, that is mighty impressive, I doubt I could get close to that (I'm English) with some of the dodgy Midlands and southern counties.
I don't know where all of the English counties are on the map, so well done Eric and Grace. Did you film this before or after the last video, if it's after you forgot some of the e's in place names weirdly become a's like Berkshire is pronounced Barkshire :P)
We filmed them back to back, so hadn't gotten confirmation from you guys that the "ar" pronunciation was correct yet :(
I live in west Sussex, and my Parents come from Bath. It used to be really nice in West-Sussex, but it's grossly overpopulated now, mainly because of 'white-flight' from London.
You did a lot better than most Brits could. Your map didn’t separate Lincolnshire into two Counties. There is Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire. North Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire were Humberside for a while. Lincolnshire has a few places named after them in the States such as Boston, New York, and Alford. The Pilgrim Fathers left from Boston to the U.S.