I’m Scottish and have lived and worked in the US for three years. Everyone here thinks my accent is Irish. I don’t mind a bit, but it gets embarrassing when people start going on about their Irish roots and where their Irish ancestors came from. Americans tend to talk fast and loud, so it can take a little time to get it into the conversation I’m not Irish. On one occasion I didn’t want to embarrass a lovely elderly lady among her friends, so I became Irish for one evening.
Quite a lot has changed since this video came out. Some changes that have happened as of December 2022: 1. Queen Elizabeth II is no longer the reigning monarch. Her heir, Prince Charles, succeeded her following her death and became King Charles III in September 2022. 2. Barbados became a republic in November 2021 and no longer has a monarch. 3. The United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union (cf. 1:57) following Brexit. 4. The status of the British Indian Ocean Territory as one of the British Overseas Territories is currently in limbo after the International Court of Justice ruled in February 2019 that the UK unlawfully separated the Chagos Archipelago from the rest of Mauritius. This ruling was affirmed by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in January 2021.
Damn, I had to check when the video was uploaded after reading this because I just assumed it was at most a couple years old. This style of video really did hold up well and I'd almost say it was ahead of its time, considering how many more channels are cropping up lately in a similar-ish style.
As a Welsh Brit, this is really encouraging to find someone from the other side of the pond who knows what they're talking about. Will be saving this to circulate.
I always feel bad when I have to pause or slow down the playback speed of a video just to keep up. I usually only turn the playback slower if I’m trying to force my brain to sleep. I feel your pain.
When I meet people online, they ask me where I'm from and I reply with "Wales" then they ask "where's that?" and I reply with "A little country next to England" and then they say "Ireland?". It kills me on the inside everytime.
I always set the video speed to at least 2x (a browser extension lets me go further) and I didn't even notice a difference between this and any other video.
for the people that are saying that they don’t care, that’s fine, but at least keep in mind that this does bug people who are from these places. if you know this, it’s refreshing to them because a lot of people don’t like being referred to as being from ireland when they are from england or another territory. it’s like being korean but being called chinese, or being hispanic but being called spanish.
Valid point except for the examples at the end as they’re not exactly comparable. Korean people and Chinese people speak different languages, have different accents, and can look different. And Spanish people are Hispanics but I get your point
That would be great for teachers too! But someone decided we have to put on a show, with different activities, using a range of ‘skills’, showing ‘progress’ every 5 minutes!! Basically wasting time!!!!
As an American viewer watching this again, I found it quite a useful explanation of the difference between "England", "Great Britain", and the sovereign state known as the United Kingdom! These differences are the reason why I have sometimes heard it said that Elizabeth II was _not_ a "Queen of England" (to use the common, informal phrase), but a "Queen of the United Kingdom": because the United Kingdom isn't England! Thanks for the video!
Mexico and Canada are in the geographical area known as America but only people from the USA are American. Ireland is in the geographical area known as the British Isles but only people from the UK are British.
The Queen (and now King) can be both King of the UK and King of England, though. Similar for Australia. I understand Charles becomes King of Australia when he steps onto our soil. That doesn't stop him from being King of the UK and other dominions at the same time. (When he leaves our soil, he reverts to being our constitutional head of state). Mad, eh. That's why we love it.
Actually thats how you HAD to speak back in the old days of youtube. All these videos were short & fast back in "the beginning" lol. I think it was some kind of "rule" back then, if you didnt talked fast, people switched to other video. I have noticed that lately these kind of videos are longer (~10min) and no longer said in cadence of submachine gun.
You just took what would take a (US) school teacher an entire class period and explained it with as much depth in five minutes. My hat's off to you, sir.
“...and The United Kingdom are Members of the European Union” About that.... EDIT: To everyone telling me this video was made in 2011, and things change; That the point, I’m saying the joke didn’t age well
@@neeha9449 not yet. iirc some time in december is the 'final' cutoff (we've blown past so many government-set deadlines already i hardly think this one is any more likely, though iirc there is something different about this one) so so far we've lost in terms of gdp about as much since the referendum as britain payed into the eu in total over all the decades of membership. and ofc those losses will be worse once we leave. even IF there was no human cost to this bullshit it'd be an unmitigated disaster *already* & it hasn't fucking happened yet. but ofc there will be (more) human costs.
@@neeha9449 They even have pushed out the right to stay in UK application deadline until end of June 2021 already, even thought Brexit takes effect end of this year ;) I just received a letter saying that I can ignore the fact that my driving license expired and that it is automatically valid for 11 more months due to some negotiating going on with the EU etc... it does not look like they will be finished any time soon... ;)
Speaking for myself, no not really, unless someone says "London" like it's a country. Otherwise most British people would have a bloody hard time describing (or knowing) all of the exact definitions and borders CGP himself explained, and thus empathize with the confusion.
Unfortunately the very nature of the UK isn't taught in schools, and the only real sense of nationality we get is through sport and sports teams etc, so there are many who think that England, Scotland, Wales and N.I are separate sovereign entities, so no, they don't laugh cause they don't even know half the terms xD
Well it's really 5 minutes. Maybe in class he looked at the clock and saw that 5 mins left. So he started talking "slowly" like this and a student recorded his lecture and posted on youtube to make fun of him. Instead it became popular and Grey started using RUclips. Hence we got him. But it's just a theory. A LAME THEORY.
Barbados became a republic on November 30th, 2021 and left The Commonwealth Realm on that same day. The way they became a Republic is by amending their constitution. And that's how Barbados became a Republic. 🇧🇧
@Mike D "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the northwestern coast of the European mainland."
@@bruhngl No. Not at all. Asia pacific/Australasia, is simply a geographical area. The continent is Australia. It's the only Country who is it's own continent.
No joke, I've started just about all youtube videos at 2.00 speed. For CGP Grey and PBS Idea Channel I'll sometimes drop to 1.75 or even (gods forbid) 1.50.
Slight correction of shortly after 0:23: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are absolutely not "sovereign" countries; they are constituent countries of the sovereign United Kingdom.
I think it is still named "Soveign" when there is a King or Queen, that is Soveign to that nation. I think this still exists, somehow, if my understanding is correct, is it not ? I know know that there has to be an underlying thing going on as well. Kind of like, how that "cousin of the Korean prince" is and could take back control of their soveignty... if indeed.. Well, they just could.
Gosh I really wish he was my teacher. People are complaining about him talking too fast but it really kept me interested. I actually learned a lot and now I'm subscribed because I feel like I'm learning.
No, you don’t get it if your not Indian. We broke free after we a guy murdered Gandhi. If we kept his ethics, or so you call them we would have gained independence much later.
@@sharanyakannan3799 that guy made Nehru the PM and destroyed the whole future of country. There was Patel the best candidate for it. If he'd've lived more then India now would be in a million pieces.
That's probably what happened the first time when he spoke normally and realized his mic wasn't on. He then got frustrated, turned on the mic and recorded this voice over.
I am time and time again astonished by your ability to condense and consisely present so much information in such little time and such a neatly organized manner.
I remember reading that during an Olympics medal ceremony, Canada, Australia, and the USA won gold, silver, and bronze (don't remember which country for which medal).. but a British commenter said something along the lines of "all Britain's colonies". so England really wins.
@@spartythespart …and sued for peace in 1814 after losing to the British and having your very centre of government set ablaze 🙂. The Brits ultimately gave the US their independence.
+edgartj17 Actually Westeros is just called the seven kingdoms, but it doesn't actually have seven kingdoms. It was when Aegon conquered Westeros that there were seven kingdoms ruled by their own kings. There ain't no room for mistakes!
+edgartj17 England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and no this song's not done. There's the Isle of Mann, and Ireland and Sierra Leone South Africa and Swaziland, Kenya and Sudan. Egypt, Guiana, and the Falkland Islands. India, Canada, Somalia, and Zanzibar, Burma, New Zealand, and the rock of Gibraltar Bermuda and Bahamas, Sri Lanka, Newfoundland, Papua New Ginea, Hong Kong, and the Solomon Islands (chorus tune) The original thirteen...American Colonies Malta, Uganda, and the Sechelles. British Indian Ocean Territory, Australia, Brunei British North Borneo, Singapore, and Malay Nigeria, Cameroons, Saint Helena, Florida, Barbados, Turcks and Caicos, and Jamai-aica. Gold Cost, Gambia, Saint Lucia, and the Caymans Grenada, Anguilla, and the British Virgins Weihai, Tonga, West Samoa, Sarawak, Dominica, British Honduras and Minorca Cyprus, Palestine, Iraq, Aden and Oman Transjordan, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain (chorus tune) Socotra, and what is now, the UAE Nauru, Gilbert Islands, and Fiji British Antarctic Territory, St Vincent, Grenadines Bechuanaland, Rhodisia, and the New Hebrides This is the, British Empire, on which the Sun won't set 'Till the US, India, and Ireland fight to be independent Others may want to follow, except diplomatically And your figurehead of state, shall be the British Monarchy
+Matt Warwick It's in England and therefore in the United Kingdom. If it was in Scotland it would also be in The United Kingdom. The U.K. clears up a lot of potential confusion. I have read though that Cumbria, was celtic until the 10th Century, with its own language Cumbric. If it had remained isolated, it might have developed into a separate country being neither Scotland or England.
Caitlin Smyth I’m glad they’re leaving, they are saving themselves from socialist policies and mass migration past the point it already has gone to (London)
@@alanpatey7833 yeah idc how much you studied this is pretty much right. I mean dude it’s not that hard. You don’t need to study this to know a bunch of toponyms. It doesn’t matter what the British “constitution” says, what matters is what people actually call the damn places. Not academic jargon.
"However, both The Republic of Ireland and The United Kingdom are members of the European Union, even though England in particular likes to pretend that it is an Island in the Mid-Atlantic instead of 50km off the coast of France, but that's a story for another time" Talk about foreshadowing
In about a month, we're not gonna be part of the EU anymore and this video is going to start to become outdated. In 20 years' time, it'll be even more outdated because Scotland will be independent, Northern Ireland will be part of the Rupublic of Ireland and Wales will basically be like a heavy rucksack on England's back. Just wait and see boys Edit: the date's been delayed to January
1:58 "... although England in particular likes to pretend it is an island in the middle of the Atlantic rather than 50 kms off the coast of France." That aged very well...
"Do British people secretly laugh at those who the terms incorrectly?" Nope, but Scottish people snap the necks of people that confuse their country with England.
@@anotheraltaccofhaywire2ele872 scotts have been selling their own brave men through history to their english lords, even in modern times scotts cant cut ties with the uk despite having enough autonomy and financial power to do so. You can buy Scottish pride !
Scotland really struggle with that one. As stated in the video, they get to vote on English laws, but we don't get to vote on Scottish laws. The Scottish FM loves to blame England for all Scotland's issues though as there is a large portion of Scottish people who actually believe her. Educated Scottish people understand how it works and know it's actually their FM screwing stuff up. For example; England is the only country within the UK where you pay for perscriptions. Scotland chose to subsidise theirs. We had no say in this, but the Scottish FM likes to keep this quiet.
@@MrHowardMoon still would like indeoendance, though, majority of scotland did not vote for brexit but we were still taken out of the EU i dont claim to know alot about polotics but the Scottish Alchahol Economy makes us alot of money and we would be able to sustain ourselves economically, i dont know
It's just a statement that was true at the time but isn't true now. If he'd said "the UK is in the EU and probably always will be", you might have a point.
I have always been confused about this. Thanks! I’m just glad this wasn’t a lecture in class with a test at the end. My head is spinning. I need to make my own slide show and teach this to my family.
I would like to say the Republic of Ireland is technically just called Ireland officially but it is more often referred to as the Republic of Ireland to avoid confusion with the North etc.
Whole nested set of shibboleths there! As soon as you call it "Ireland" or "the Republic of Ireland" -- or "Southern Ireland", or "the 26 Counties", "the Free State", etc, etc! -- you're flagging something about your political and cultural identity...
I just made the calculations: in 3 months, I will have watched your videos for the majority of my life. I felt that voice cracking at the end as my own, so thank you
I am from a place that keeps referring to the UK as "England", even though it is technically ruled by the Scottish monarchy. Similarly we refer to the entire Maoist empire as China even though that is just one of the provinces. Same story for Holland and Prussia.
VoltNoodles speaking as an English man, we never forget you guys, I mean, seriously, there's only four of us it's not difficult, especially if you learnt it from an early age
Planet X Hahahah. Yup, Americans don't even seem to know where the UK is. As for my comment, I was only joking. Our country comes up quite a few times during UK history that is taught in secondary school, so I'd assume post people would know who we were.
A rare video that I actually had to slow down the playback speed to 0.75. Unlike most videos which don't provide much information...this provided useful info 100% of the way!
As someone who was born in Belfast but lives in America, thank you!!! I have sent a few friends to this video who can’t wrap their head around why I’m from Ireland but have a UK passport.
Honestly I’m from the republic and online it is sometimes hard to explain the difference and then we get the lovely question “,why don’t you take it back” 😃
@@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 no they dont, someone born in Northern Ireland is legally British act birth as in British citizenship, under the British nationality act 1981, as you cannot be born stateless, Irish nationality is optional and does not replace British nationality so you are wrong you can have Irish nationality in addition to not instead of British nationality but when someone is born in NI they are just British citizen with the option to have Irish nationality
@@PS-ru2ov your right. I didnt mention that i ment to sorry, obviously they have british citizenship but what your saying about the Irish nationality is what i ment to say
@@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 but Irish nationality is not automatic it is an "Entitlement" meaning that it is out of someone opting to have it , the reason why you get British citizenship at birth is you cannot under international law be born stateless (without a Nationality) so you have to have a Birth nationality and being born on British soil makes you British( if your parents are)
Video Speed sounds .25 crack head .50 drunk .75 Normal 1.00 little kid who got in trouble trying to explain himself 1.25 Rapper 1.50 Eminem 2.00 Fastest Talker Alive
Fair because you are multicultural British but as someone who is Scottish (only an eighth Irish) I would never describe myself as British. To me it aligns with the tories and I refuse to be associated with them if I can avoid it.
@StephenI know what you mean. I describe myself as both "British" & "English" although I feel more of a closeness about being "English" as that is my ethnicity whereas "British" is my geographical nationality but I'm proud of being both
James Oakley I live in the US and have come across at least 100 people with poor international geography, none of them think England or the UK are made up of just London. The most common mistake is thinking that the entirety of the UK is England.
whats confusing about it England Wales Scotland are Great Britain and add Northern Ireland to it becomes the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ) which is the official name of our country and on the front of all British passports, Scottish Welsh Northern Irish and English people are collectively "British" so i am British but i am Northern Irish (from Northern Ireland)
A one hour documentary in five minutes. I appreciate that.
Very..
Uh, oh, i can tell it same, but I'm not Eminem...
True.. most informative 5 mins video, I've seen in recent past.
[TG] PlayDeGuy much harder than Ielts Listening Test to second language speakers，just like me..........
This format and speed is much better in twentieth century. I like it though I was born in 1980.
I paused the video for him to catch a breath.
😆
haha
hahaha
Same!
Lmao
I’m Scottish and have lived and worked in the US for three years. Everyone here thinks my accent is Irish. I don’t mind a bit, but it gets embarrassing when people start going on about their Irish roots and where their Irish ancestors came from. Americans tend to talk fast and loud, so it can take a little time to get it into the conversation I’m not Irish. On one occasion I didn’t want to embarrass a lovely elderly lady among her friends, so I became Irish for one evening.
Hello person who thought about watching this video same day as i did. After that lovely lady encounter, i declare you both Irish and Scottish
😄👍🏻
Ah but the South west Scotts are Irish from Northern Ireland and the Northern Irish are Scotts imported from Scotland to work in the ship yards.
There’s only twelve miles between Scotland and the Antrim coast.
😂
Quite a lot has changed since this video came out. Some changes that have happened as of December 2022:
1. Queen Elizabeth II is no longer the reigning monarch. Her heir, Prince Charles, succeeded her following her death and became King Charles III in September 2022.
2. Barbados became a republic in November 2021 and no longer has a monarch.
3. The United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union (cf. 1:57) following Brexit.
4. The status of the British Indian Ocean Territory as one of the British Overseas Territories is currently in limbo after the International Court of Justice ruled in February 2019 that the UK unlawfully separated the Chagos Archipelago from the rest of Mauritius. This ruling was affirmed by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in January 2021.
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Would be funny if he made a part 3
Thanks.
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.. okay so there is in fact a pirate high council
Another part of the former empire lost forever. Sad times
Imagine if he was your teacher and you had to take notes.
I know, hence this comment.
😂😂😂 I’ll fail!! 😆
Imagine. Dayuum
You couldn't catch anything
F. C. imagine being that girl who write those cute calligraphy notes in his class
Dude, you got a bus to catch or something?
I cant
I can't right now dude
Its hard to explain if I could I would have already been on this bus already yo
I can catch a uber or lyft thou though
I can't right now
It is insane how well these videos hold up more than a DECADE ago. Internet was a weird place in 2011. Timeless videos. Love em.
Well, timeless except "The Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom are both members of the European Union"
Well the internet nowadays is probably way worse
Damn, I had to check when the video was uploaded after reading this because I just assumed it was at most a couple years old. This style of video really did hold up well and I'd almost say it was ahead of its time, considering how many more channels are cropping up lately in a similar-ish style.
This is such a pointless comment, history/geography videos are mostly going to stay accurate for a very long time anyways
@@awerty442 I believe Bermuda is now independent too, so that's a little out of date.
As a Welsh Brit, this is really encouraging to find someone from the other side of the pond who knows what they're talking about. Will be saving this to circulate.
I think he actually lives and teaches in London.
Yup-he lives in London
@@Nightingale_timehe does?
@@irenaveksler1935 yes. And is an Irish citizen.
@@nicolasbanks7871 nice
*Top 10 rappers Eminem was afraid to dis*
True
Well said speedy music reunion island rappers will suicide cause this radio is much speedy than their rappers
even Eminem himself called this man Rap Deity
Exactly hhhhhhhhhh
3:28 is better than rap God.
Me being 5 minutes late for class and I just missed the entire lecture.
😂
You made it for the most important part, the final diagram 😭
You got the outro though
😂😂😂
imagine how many topics covered in one full semester 😭
This was painfully informative.
Be glad he talked so fast.
Yea, when shall we jump on him boys?
I always feel bad when I have to pause or slow down the playback speed of a video just to keep up. I usually only turn the playback slower if I’m trying to force my brain to sleep. I feel your pain.
@@1jleuenberger Really? I can understand him fine.
A perfect description!
I feel old watching this 11 years later.
Well that clears that up. Next, quantum physics explained in 5 minutes!
Lmao, sounds fun
@@Annie-rj2ws *”sounds”*
Man, if he explains it fast my brain was like 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚.
Going for something easier to explain I see
I learned quantum theory before getting to British Empire history lmfao
When I meet people online, they ask me where I'm from and I reply with "Wales" then they ask "where's that?" and I reply with "A little country next to England" and then they say "Ireland?". It kills me on the inside everytime.
God, that must be horrible.
I've been mistaken for Irish just by my accent. I don't mind it, though. It is decisively preferable to being mistaken for English.
Are you saying its horrible to be Irish, Charles Ford?
Wait, don't all countries belong to America? /s
I sincerely hope you're trolling
"England likes to pretend its in the middle Atlantic instead of..."
Boy that aged well.
Very well.
How so?
@@RayFog1 Brexit
@@RayFog1 britain left the european union
@@conserztasfia0078 And the Thug boats are still pulling them into the middle of the atlantic....
I didn't realise it was such a convoluted situation, but you explained it clear and concise. Thanks from Australia.
It's like the country of Australia, mainland of Australia, continent of Australia (does this include New Guinea?) or Oceania?
He gets it all wrong. The video is nonsense.
Never heard anyone rap a geography lesson before 😂😂
Best comment
I dont get it.
@@phantompheonix6990 he goes a little over the top with his speech speed
Never heard Yakko Warner I see
@@phantompheonix6990 he talks so fast
Let’s appreciate that this man’s ability to talk incredibly quickly but coherently has blessed us with this five minute video
Skillage in the village
Wdym he talks too slow, I have to put 1.3x speed on
You should turn the speed back to normal
Correction five minutes and 14 second video lol
@@ender3960 bruh
I checked twice for the video speed, it was on normal.
Mee too😂😂
Me too😂😂
same here
Me2
I always set the video speed to at least 2x (a browser extension lets me go further) and I didn't even notice a difference between this and any other video.
for the people that are saying that they don’t care, that’s fine, but at least keep in mind that this does bug people who are from these places. if you know this, it’s refreshing to them because a lot of people don’t like being referred to as being from ireland when they are from england or another territory. it’s like being korean but being called chinese, or being hispanic but being called spanish.
Valid point except for the examples at the end as they’re not exactly comparable. Korean people and Chinese people speak different languages, have different accents, and can look different. And Spanish people are Hispanics but I get your point
that makes sense, thanks for the input! :)
@@greterpriffin5719 welsh is a different language to english. mad i know.
…..except your example would be more comparable if people were saying that the British were also Norwegian. You’re not special hon
@@Emily-lp7gj Your example was fine.
Imagine when he was your teacher and a 45 minutes lesson transform to a 5 minutes lesson and then you have a hour break
That would be great for teachers too!
But someone decided we have to put on a show, with different activities, using a range of ‘skills’, showing ‘progress’ every 5 minutes!! Basically wasting time!!!!
Imagine himself as your teacher and teaching like this for 45 minutes
technically he *was* a teacher, but he didn't teach about the uk and hes not a teacher anymore
Another side of the coin
Math
He talks slowly so I recomend putting the sound at 2X speed.
Some people want to watch the world burn
am i the only one who can understand him and actively watches him at 2x speed
Mommyhohhot
As a super fast talker, I understand grey’s pain of people not understanding him and I can also understand him even at 2x
To me, It seems playing the video in 2x speed 🙄
@@Adrian-XIII If they're not joking it's not a woooosh.
watch this madness with 0.5x speed.
suddenly a drunk man tells everything peacefully..
regards...
For more fun, vary between 0.25x and 0.5x
omg you're absolutely right....LOL
1.5x he's on cocaine
0.75 is the perfect speed
At 2x I can grasp around one word out of 20
As an American viewer watching this again, I found it quite a useful explanation of the difference between "England", "Great Britain", and the sovereign state known as the United Kingdom! These differences are the reason why I have sometimes heard it said that Elizabeth II was _not_ a "Queen of England" (to use the common, informal phrase), but a "Queen of the United Kingdom": because the United Kingdom isn't England! Thanks for the video!
Mexico and Canada are in the geographical area known as America but only people from the USA are American. Ireland is in the geographical area known as the British Isles but only people from the UK are British.
The Queen (and now King) can be both King of the UK and King of England, though.
Similar for Australia. I understand Charles becomes King of Australia when he steps onto our soil. That doesn't stop him from being King of the UK and other dominions at the same time. (When he leaves our soil, he reverts to being our constitutional head of state).
Mad, eh. That's why we love it.
Everyone says he talks too fast, but this was interesting enough for me to actually pay attention. When people talk slowly, I lose foccus.
Same. BUT I usually read the comments while still trying to pay attention to the video, and this time I simply couldn't do both xD
Yeah but I think there’s a happy medium
i think it’s an adhd thing lol
Actually thats how you HAD to speak back in the old days of youtube. All these videos were short & fast back in "the beginning" lol. I think it was some kind of "rule" back then, if you didnt talked fast, people switched to other video. I have noticed that lately these kind of videos are longer (~10min) and no longer said in cadence of submachine gun.
Lost focus on spelling focus.
Not a grammar nazi, just making a joke!
😜😂😂😂
You just took what would take a (US) school teacher an entire class period and explained it with as much depth in five minutes. My hat's off to you, sir.
+Timmy P Screw US teacher I'm a UK teacher and am using it in my lesson too!! :-) It's bloody good.
+Timmy P so Americans do actually learn it then....
Caitlyn Taylor I didn't learn it, though I cannot speak for the entirety of the US educational system.
+wight warren how did it go?
+Matt Warwick no its not
“...and The United Kingdom are Members of the European Union”
About that....
EDIT: To everyone telling me this video was made in 2011, and things change; That the point, I’m saying the joke didn’t age well
shh, stay *really still* and we might manage to get past the deadline for leaving without doing anything
@@sjs9698 wait it's still not over?
@@neeha9449 not yet. iirc some time in december is the 'final' cutoff (we've blown past so many government-set deadlines already i hardly think this one is any more likely, though iirc there is something different about this one) so so far we've lost in terms of gdp about as much since the referendum as britain payed into the eu in total over all the decades of membership. and ofc those losses will be worse once we leave.
even IF there was no human cost to this bullshit it'd be an unmitigated disaster *already* & it hasn't fucking happened yet.
but ofc there will be (more) human costs.
@@neeha9449 They even have pushed out the right to stay in UK application deadline until end of June 2021 already, even thought Brexit takes effect end of this year ;) I just received a letter saying that I can ignore the fact that my driving license expired and that it is automatically valid for 11 more months due to some negotiating going on with the EU etc... it does not look like they will be finished any time soon... ;)
Yo, maynerd.
This is 9 yrs old.
never in my life has the captions been so useful
un idk
First half of the video: I think I get it
Second half: nope, I'm outta here
True
Yeah
Facts
second half was rubbish, the first half was not correct either..
I’m crying of fear
This man just wanna shows us his rap skills
Mada Julivee Yes he's showing off
Yes I was thinking that only from starting 😂
whats the name song ?
It is hard to find a word that rhymes with CARDIFF :)
Mada Julivee 😂😂
But do British people secretly laugh at those who use these terms incorrectly?
Speaking for myself, no not really, unless someone says "London" like it's a country. Otherwise most British people would have a bloody hard time describing (or knowing) all of the exact definitions and borders CGP himself explained, and thus empathize with the confusion.
deet0109 Yes.
It’s a secret mate.
@@supermancd1988 Don't let the foreigner know. *LONG LIVE THE QUUUEEEEENNN!*
Unfortunately the very nature of the UK isn't taught in schools, and the only real sense of nationality we get is through sport and sports teams etc, so there are many who think that England, Scotland, Wales and N.I are separate sovereign entities, so no, they don't laugh cause they don't even know half the terms xD
I’m British and I found that educational
Well done 😁👍
Eminem's got some competition
Hi Patrick, SpongeBob here. XDDD
No this is patrick
Patrick Star 😂😂
Lol
When you are a teacher an you have only 5 minutes to finish the lesson:
underrated comment
The best comment so far, I totally agree
and only American people can understand him
Well it's really 5 minutes. Maybe in class he looked at the clock and saw that 5 mins left. So he started talking "slowly" like this and a student recorded his lecture and posted on youtube to make fun of him. Instead it became popular and Grey started using RUclips. Hence we got him.
But it's just a theory. A LAME THEORY.
Hahaha
This must be the guy that lists the side effects of medicine in the commercials.
Reminds me of the Footofaferrat
Also for insurance & mutual funds advertising
Also betting, Casino and Lucky Games addiction statement
Hahaha..."Can cause irreversible damage to the liver"
No , his day job is reading the terms and conditions when you phone up for car insurance
As a English person i have to say you did an amazing job and we do laugh at people who get it wrong and make fun of them
LOVE your way of informing us shoving knowledge down our throats in 5 minutes! Keeps us attentive in class.. :)
That's right
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@@swamyseeta1482 a
Are you ever visited out of india
@@shannolferns7104 what
He needs a lot of awards for explaining 2hours lecture in five minutes ✊✊✊
The united lecture kingdom
Eminem: *exists*
CGP Grey: let me introduce myself
So underrated comment.
People: Eminem is the fastest rapper
CGP Grey: allow me to introduce myself
Bobby Firmino!!!!
As a person who's not from UK, Great Britain or England, this information is very useful, thanks
You don't need to say great britain or England because England is in great britain. I know it is very confusing 😂
3:29 Eminem wants to know your location.
Yakko's British Empire
You think that's good - have to hear Rob Paulsen do Nations Of The World ?
Eminem sent you friend request
😂
He punching the air somewhere rn😭
Eminem we know you, pause take a breath
Stolen comment
@@CCABPSacsach you can steak too
Bfb_Pencil stolen reply
Hahhahahahahahha
BRIAN CHAZIMA At before, Hong Kong is British
Most complicated subjects:
1. Britain
2. Quantum mechanics
Don’t forget:
3. Vatican City
4. Japanese Feudal Era
5. The Holy Roman Empire
6. Thermodynamics
Lol
Holy Roman Empire should be first.
English language origins
@@handlesarecringe957 7. Trying to make friend with me.
Barbados became a republic on November 30th, 2021 and left The Commonwealth Realm on that same day. The way they became a Republic is by amending their constitution. And that's how Barbados became a Republic. 🇧🇧
me: how complicated can a country be?
United Kingdom: Yes
"country"
@i. rob It's will be better to simplify as Country. Not a Dolls country.
it's obvious you don't know about russia.
@@PolarBear-rc4ks uk is a country
@Mike D "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the northwestern coast of the European mainland."
For me:
Continent: Australia
Island: Australia
Country: Australia
Continent: *Asia pacific/Australasia -love from a kiwi
Continent: Oceania
@@snail123O Oceania isn't a continent, Oceania is a geographical area. Australia is it's own continent.
@@bruhngl No. Not at all. Asia pacific/Australasia, is simply a geographical area. The continent is Australia. It's the only Country who is it's own continent.
@@PBMS123 Correct but also Antarctica
its too slow.i just want you to speak 4x faster
hahahahaha.
even then I'm gonna need to up the speed 1.25x
No joke, I've started just about all youtube videos at 2.00 speed. For CGP Grey and PBS Idea Channel I'll sometimes drop to 1.75 or even (gods forbid) 1.50.
5 Steps to Speedy Bliss.
1. Click on the COG
2. Click on "Speed"
3. Click on "2".
4. Enjoy the speedy version
5. Go get some Tylenol.
Oooorrrrrrr get the chrome extension "RUclips Playback Speed Control." Can go up to x16 speed (sound stops beyond x4 speed), and it even works on ads.
Slight correction of shortly after 0:23: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are absolutely not "sovereign" countries; they are constituent countries of the sovereign United Kingdom.
I think it is still named "Soveign" when there is a King or Queen, that is Soveign to that nation. I think this still exists, somehow, if my understanding is correct, is it not ? I know know that there has to be an underlying thing going on as well. Kind of like, how that "cousin of the Korean prince" is and could take back control of their soveignty... if indeed.. Well, they just could.
Gosh I really wish he was my teacher. People are complaining about him talking too fast but it really kept me interested. I actually learned a lot and now I'm subscribed because I feel like I'm learning.
I played it at 2x speed unknowingly and caught up anyway.
"Broke away violently"
* shows Gandhi *
PunchCard lol. He at least broke free nonviolently.
Well, if you play Civ...
No, you don’t get it if your not Indian. We broke free after we a guy murdered Gandhi. If we kept his ethics, or so you call them we would have gained independence much later.
SG11 what are you talking about lol i can agree that partition was not peaceful but gandhi was assassinated after independence
@@sharanyakannan3799 that guy made Nehru the PM and destroyed the whole future of country. There was Patel the best candidate for it. If he'd've lived more then India now would be in a million pieces.
Christ, man...You should be reading the legal disclosures at the end of car sales ads on the radio.
Heh, 69 likes
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whats the name song ?
ZERO DOWN, ZERO FINANCING FOR 12 MONTHS, YOU CAN'T AFFORD *NOT* TO BUY :)
Thank you for teaching me this, I will remember it for at least two minutes.
He sounds drunk at 0.5x speed
You are so right
At 0.25x, he sounds even more drunk.
@@FloridaManGraySTOP Yes
I cant unsee HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@@spareaccount9545 You can try 0.25x... He is sleeping talking.
Imagine by the time he's finished talking he realizes his microphone wasn't recording.
That's probably what happened the first time when he spoke normally and realized his mic wasn't on. He then got frustrated, turned on the mic and recorded this voice over.
I am time and time again astonished by your ability to condense and consisely present so much information in such little time and such a neatly organized manner.
That was Simply Brilliant, yet modestly overwhelming in the most informative way. Over all, wonderful execution of the whole video. Loved it!!
I remember reading that during an Olympics medal ceremony, Canada, Australia, and the USA won gold, silver, and bronze (don't remember which country for which medal).. but a British commenter said something along the lines of "all Britain's colonies". so England really wins.
usa is not a british colony, they fought a war over it and everything.
@@spartythespart I think they meant former
@@spartythespart former colony
@@spartythespart …and sued for peace in 1814 after losing to the British and having your very centre of government set ablaze 🙂. The Brits ultimately gave the US their independence.
Idk if this is the person, I know my own MP back in 2016 posted 'a joke' (her words) that said the British Empire won those Olympics
Sounds like he's trying to get into the Guinness Book of records for fastest reader
This is so much complicated than Westeros and its 7 kingdoms
more# .#
I wonder if Westeros is based on Heptarchy - 7 Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England which existed in early Middle Ages
+edgartj17 Actually Westeros is just called the seven kingdoms, but it doesn't actually have seven kingdoms. It was when Aegon conquered Westeros that there were seven kingdoms ruled by their own kings. There ain't no room for mistakes!
+edgartj17
England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and no this song's not done.
There's the Isle of Mann, and Ireland and Sierra Leone
South Africa and Swaziland, Kenya and Sudan.
Egypt, Guiana, and the Falkland Islands.
India, Canada, Somalia, and Zanzibar,
Burma, New Zealand, and the rock of Gibraltar
Bermuda and Bahamas, Sri Lanka, Newfoundland,
Papua New Ginea, Hong Kong, and the Solomon Islands
(chorus tune)
The original thirteen...American Colonies
Malta, Uganda, and the Sechelles.
British Indian Ocean Territory, Australia, Brunei
British North Borneo, Singapore, and Malay
Nigeria, Cameroons, Saint Helena, Florida,
Barbados, Turcks and Caicos, and Jamai-aica.
Gold Cost, Gambia, Saint Lucia, and the Caymans
Grenada, Anguilla, and the British Virgins
Weihai, Tonga, West Samoa, Sarawak, Dominica,
British Honduras and Minorca
Cyprus, Palestine, Iraq, Aden and Oman
Transjordan, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain
(chorus tune)
Socotra, and what is now, the UAE
Nauru, Gilbert Islands, and Fiji
British Antarctic Territory, St Vincent, Grenadines
Bechuanaland, Rhodisia, and the New Hebrides
This is the, British Empire, on which the Sun won't set
'Till the US, India, and Ireland fight to be independent
Others may want to follow, except diplomatically
And your figurehead of state, shall be the British Monarchy
+Matt Warwick It's in England and therefore in the United Kingdom. If it was in Scotland it would also be in The United Kingdom.
The U.K. clears up a lot of potential confusion.
I have read though that Cumbria, was celtic until the 10th Century, with its own language Cumbric. If it had remained isolated, it might have developed into a separate country being neither Scotland or England.
This was the only video on youtube that i watched with %75 speed. Well done 👍🏼
"england is in the european union"
teresa may: hold my beer
Caitlin Smyth I’m glad they’re leaving, they are saving themselves from socialist policies and mass migration past the point it already has gone to (London)
*tea
Lonestarstate they’re also saving themselves from the ban on memes
England is in the UK not the European Union.
@Kermit of Rivia You insult your words this religion and our Koran ... Be more respectful in your words ..
3:28-3:37 Eminem has been real quiet since this dropped
This sounds like yakkos world
Watched it on 1.5× 😂😂
I asserted dominance by watching in 2x speed
Forget yakko in the reboot, let's just have this guy
Yakko: 🤾🏿
After brexit, US elections, and many more political events. I could finally relate to Obi Wan’s saying: Oh, I’m not brave enough for politics.
He never said “oh,I’m not brave enough for politics”
@@chrisdimauro4625 Yes he did. At the beginning of the 3rd movie.
you have no idea how much i needed this video
What an excellent and well articulated explanation! The summary at the end made is all so crystal clear, thank you
except he gets it all wrong being American - see my post
@@alanpatey7833 no he pretty much got it right
@@jacobdaniels3246 So my 4 years at Edinburgh university studying British history and constitution was wasted then. Thank you for correcting me...
@@alanpatey7833 yeah idc how much you studied this is pretty much right. I mean dude it’s not that hard.
You don’t need to study this to know a bunch of toponyms. It doesn’t matter what the British “constitution” says, what matters is what people actually call the damn places. Not academic jargon.
@@jacobdaniels3246 yeah it really doesn’t matter whether you went to school studying british history or not. if you’re wrong you’re wrong…
man... you beat Eminem...
ab patel your reply is far too polite.
i paused and rewound 5-5 seconds 10-11 times all thanls to the sub-titles. else.. i don't know! :P
Lol I was going to say that!! 😂
Dude, the pain is real when english isn't your native language!
Real fast
Is he trying to teach, or prove how fast he can speak?
Sounds like a regular teacher to me
I heard some attempts at humor, but he provided no time for viewers to laugh at anything. It's poor delivery.
Dru Smith I can’t tell if this comment is sarcastic or not.
To prove he is the new rap god, apparently
@@ravioli4736 u wat
As an Australian, I have never forgotten Northern Ireland.
are you an auctioneer
"However, both The Republic of Ireland and The United Kingdom are members of the European Union, even though England in particular likes to pretend that it is an Island in the Mid-Atlantic instead of 50km off the coast of France, but that's a story for another time"
Talk about foreshadowing
lmaooooo I caught that
In about a month, we're not gonna be part of the EU anymore and this video is going to start to become outdated. In 20 years' time, it'll be even more outdated because Scotland will be independent, Northern Ireland will be part of the Rupublic of Ireland and Wales will basically be like a heavy rucksack on England's back. Just wait and see boys
Edit: the date's been delayed to January
@@Ricky911_ here here..
@@Ricky911_ Not the video is outdated, UK is outdated.
Not always true....the English spent a lot of time trying to maintain control over parts of France .
1:58 "... although England in particular likes to pretend it is an island in the middle of the Atlantic rather than 50 kms off the coast of France." That aged very well...
Indians like to pretend the UK took "40 trillion+" from them. And that's the only reason it has money today
@@marioluigi9599 i didnt say it ya moron, CGP grey did
@@DhanuRadha5 he never said that you fool
@@marioluigi9599 You're deaf...
@@DhanuRadha5 ok where in the video did he say that Indians lost 40 trillion?
I'd love to see an updated version of this.
what would change?
@@Harley_the_Sosig UK left the EU
@@dp.229 The European Union wasn't a part of the video.
@@Harley_the_Sosig It was for one monent, rewatch yhe video and you'll see
@@dp.229 still nothing
Not true! Everyone from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland tend to get along. We all just team up and hate England. (At least in rugby culture)
Tony S explain.
No.
Yea
Too bad we got fckn destroyed in our last match against them
Leon speaks the truth
“Spends to much time with their sheep” 😂
😂🏴
TOO much time.
doing what? Milking?
@@galdavonalgerri2101 Yes…milking 😏
fornicating the sheeps🐑🐑🐑
"Do British people secretly laugh at those who the terms incorrectly?" Nope, but Scottish people snap the necks of people that confuse their country with England.
British people secretly laugh at those who use words _correctly_ as an unfortunate result of marrying lack of education to snootiness.
ARO571 got that correct
Scotts are sellouts
@@ShevyshenkoSneipers what makes u say that?
@@anotheraltaccofhaywire2ele872 scotts have been selling their own brave men through history to their english lords, even in modern times scotts cant cut ties with the uk despite having enough autonomy and financial power to do so. You can buy Scottish pride !
I have been confused about this for the past 7 years, thank you so much
"Both the republic of Ireland and the United kingdom are a part of the European union" well that aged well
What do you mean?
The leave was re-scheduled to January 2020.
@@alinek2289 I know I just find it funny whenever someone mentions Britain being in the eu
@@alinek2289 It has arrived.
Does this mean I can no longer travel to England with my Irish/EU passport?
PART OF THE EUROPEAN DOMAIN OF INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND NATIONS OF EUROPE EVEN. WE KNOW THINGS!
'It contains inside of it - four, *co-equal, and sovereign nations*',
England: Laughing hysterically
supreme executive power yada yada
Scotland really struggle with that one. As stated in the video, they get to vote on English laws, but we don't get to vote on Scottish laws. The Scottish FM loves to blame England for all Scotland's issues though as there is a large portion of Scottish people who actually believe her. Educated Scottish people understand how it works and know it's actually their FM screwing stuff up. For example; England is the only country within the UK where you pay for perscriptions. Scotland chose to subsidise theirs. We had no say in this, but the Scottish FM likes to keep this quiet.
@@MrHowardMoon Bawbag !
@@papajahko7121 ..case in point 🤔
@@MrHowardMoon still would like indeoendance, though, majority of scotland did not vote for brexit but we were still taken out of the EU i dont claim to know alot about polotics but the Scottish Alchahol Economy makes us alot of money and we would be able to sustain ourselves economically, i dont know
“Both the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom are members of the European Union”
That aged well.
not
What?
@@NotSo8 he didn't get the joke lmao
Ireland is still in the EU though, unlike the UK
It's just a statement that was true at the time but isn't true now. If he'd said "the UK is in the EU and probably always will be", you might have a point.
I have always been confused about this. Thanks! I’m just glad this wasn’t a lecture in class with a test at the end. My head is spinning. I need to make my own slide show and teach this to my family.
This is how you make an informative video without having to delve into unnecessary introduction that takes 10 minutes.
Thank you for your efforts.
I would like to say the Republic of Ireland is technically just called Ireland officially but it is more often referred to as the Republic of Ireland to avoid confusion with the North etc.
Whole nested set of shibboleths there! As soon as you call it "Ireland" or "the Republic of Ireland" -- or "Southern Ireland", or "the 26 Counties", "the Free State", etc, etc! -- you're flagging something about your political and cultural identity...
Glad to see this pointed out. Also, the term British Isles is also no longer used officially due to the loaded nature of the british part of it.
@@paullong5208 It is still in use in the UK and the rest of the world just not in the Republic of Ireland
@@lightfootpathfinder8218 you are incorrect. It is not an officially recognised term anywhere.
The Republic of Ireland is the Irish football team only. I am Irish and come from Ireland and officially Ireland is not part of the British Isles
I just made the calculations: in 3 months, I will have watched your videos for the majority of my life. I felt that voice cracking at the end as my own, so thank you
I am from a place that keeps referring to the UK as "England", even though it is technically ruled by the Scottish monarchy. Similarly we refer to the entire Maoist empire as China even though that is just one of the provinces. Same story for Holland and Prussia.
Rumour has it, he can hold his breath for 15 minutes minimum
I've never been so glad for closed captions
Closed captions were originally for the deaf/hearing impaired. Now, they are for anyone who wants them, including still the deaf/hearing impaired.
He talked so fast I had to put the video in .75 speed.
Char11 SECRET EXCALLIBUUURR
my brain almost literally internally combusted listening to all this...
Andy Gill cgp needs to stop hurting my brain
_"Confound their politics"_ taken literally.
@i. rob Am english. Can indeed confirm this is very simple to understand.
Probably because they got so much wrong about Ireland.
11 year have passed and i still wach this. Who's here in 2022
Who's back here after Grey's 10 year Q&A?
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Me
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as an English person I find it really funny when everyone gets it wrong
zuppymac i apologise for my country
Why did we miss some one damn.
Da Biscuit People from the UK get it wrong too.
Memasaurus Rex I know, and thats even funnier.
Da Biscuit interesting, English people find it funny but everyone else in the uk is annoyed by it.
'and, often forgetten, even by those living in the united kingdom, is Northern Ireland' thanks guys.
VoltNoodles speaking as an English man, we never forget you guys, I mean, seriously, there's only four of us it's not difficult, especially if you learnt it from an early age
VoltNoodles emphasis on occasionally
Planet X Hahahah. Yup, Americans don't even seem to know where the UK is. As for my comment, I was only joking. Our country comes up quite a few times during UK history that is taught in secondary school, so I'd assume post people would know who we were.
Never forget our long-distant cousins!
he lives in Ireland. It was a joke.
A rare video that I actually had to slow down the playback speed to 0.75. Unlike most videos which don't provide much information...this provided useful info 100% of the way!
As someone who was born in Belfast but lives in America, thank you!!! I have sent a few friends to this video who can’t wrap their head around why I’m from Ireland but have a UK passport.
Honestly I’m from the republic and online it is sometimes hard to explain the difference and then we get the lovely question “,why don’t you take it back” 😃
@@rattyboo. why don’t you?
@@昭夫-o6y we want to
But why, thought there was always some form of hatred between the Irish and Northern Irish because of the religion issue?
@@motomax_99 half the population are descendants of british colonisers and the other half are native irish
I got so confused that I actually checked the playback speed 😂
Same LOL
"When people say they are Irish they're referring to the Republic of Ireland." - Hoo boy, are you trying to start another conflict!? ;)
Exactlly. People from northern ireland parents have a choice if their child is irish or British
@@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 no they dont, someone born in Northern Ireland is legally British act birth as in British citizenship, under the British nationality act 1981, as you cannot be born stateless, Irish nationality is optional and does not replace British nationality so you are wrong you can have Irish nationality in addition to not instead of British nationality but when someone is born in NI they are just British citizen with the option to have Irish nationality
@@PS-ru2ov your right. I didnt mention that i ment to sorry, obviously they have british citizenship but what your saying about the Irish nationality is what i ment to say
@@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 but Irish nationality is not automatic it is an "Entitlement" meaning that it is out of someone opting to have it , the reason why you get British citizenship at birth is you cannot under international law be born stateless (without a Nationality) so you have to have a Birth nationality and being born on British soil makes you British( if your parents are)
ikr!
Great explanations! Keep going! 👍
Video Speed sounds
.25 crack head
.50 drunk
.75 Normal
1.00 little kid who got in trouble trying to explain himself
1.25 Rapper
1.50 Eminem
2.00 Fastest Talker Alive
and Chickenpox blankets LOL
Wow
2x Ben Shapiro
U legend
Yup
0:43 - as someone who was born in scotland, with a northern irish parent and an english grandparent, i would happily describe myself as british.
Fair because you are multicultural British but as someone who is Scottish (only an eighth Irish) I would never describe myself as British. To me it aligns with the tories and I refuse to be associated with them if I can avoid it.
@@whatwasthatrachel same with me but I’m welsh
"happily describe myself as british"
Stockholm syndrome
@StephenI know what you mean. I describe myself as both "British" & "English" although I feel more of a closeness about being "English" as that is my ethnicity whereas "British" is my geographical nationality but I'm proud of being both
@@whatwasthatrachel you're British though
Sorry
And I thought the US and it's territories were complicated. Wow
Its why its irritating when people think The UK is just London.
James Oakley I live in the US and have come across at least 100 people with poor international geography, none of them think England or the UK are made up of just London. The most common mistake is thinking that the entirety of the UK is England.
whats confusing about it England Wales Scotland are Great Britain and add Northern Ireland to it becomes the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ) which is the official name of our country and on the front of all British passports, Scottish Welsh Northern Irish and English people are collectively "British" so i am British but i am Northern Irish (from Northern Ireland)
Yes, but the UK has a lot of history!
The US has a different problem - people say that pornography is normal these days. Drug use is on the rise, too.
short and sweet
This saves lots of my time
Thanks a lot