Sunday, 6 March 2011
The people of Britain
There are four nations of the British Isles(England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland). They were different racially in the past. For example, the people in Ireland, Wales and highland Scotland belonged to the Celatic race, but in England and lowland Scotland were mainly of Germanic origin.The second difference was their spoken in languages. People in the Celtic areas spoke Celtic languages;Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh.People in the Germanic areas spoke Germanic dialects.Today difference in the four parts of the United Kingdom have become blurred, but they are not completely disappeared.There are different flags in the four nations:St George's Cross(England),Dragon of Cadwallader(Wales), St Andrew's Cross or Lion rampant(Scotland)and St Patrick's Cross or Republic of Ireland(Ireland).There are different plant in four nations: Rose, Leek/Daffodil,Thistle and Shamrock.In my language we call British people"Ying Guo Ren".
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