Caledonia, Cambria and Hibernia were the Roman names for Scotland, Wales and Ireland (in that same order. Erin is a poetic name for Ireland. The Emerald Isle is another way of referring to Ireland, evoking lush greenery of its countryside. Just pretend like you understood the sentence. I don’t know what it means either, so don’t feel like you’re the only retard. Cymru is also a name for Wales. John Bull is a fictional character who is supposed to personify Englishness and certain English virtues. You can compare him to Uncle Sam of the USA. His appearance is typical of an eighteenth century country gentlemen. (Think of Mr Bennet in the novel Pride & Prejudice, or movie. Whatever works for you. John Bull is a national personification of Britain in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is like America’s Uncle Sam but then British. The Bulldog Spirit is a phrase devised during the war and related to Churchill's attitude to "rally the troops" and the British people during wartime. The dominant culture of people in Ireland, Wales and highland Scotland was Celtic. That of people of England and lowland Scotland was Germanic. The difference was reflected in the language they spoke. People in Celtic areas spoke Celtic languages and people in Germanic areas spoke Germanic dialects. The nations also tended to have different economic, social and legal systems and they were independent of each other. Scottish culture recognition Several aspects of public life organized differently, notably, law, religion education The way they speak English There are many symbols of Scottishness known in Britain Geographical Identity People from Liverpool -> Liverpudlians or Scousers People from Newcastle -> Geordies People from Manchester -> Manchurians People from Glasgow -> Glaswegians People from London -> Londoners Northerners -> people living in the North of England -> consider themselves being more tough, honest and warmhearted than the soft hypocritical unfriendly Southerners The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations. Geographically and culturally, it often refers to working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End. Linguistically, it refers to the form of English spoken by this group. Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by Ngan Tien (nganctddongnai@yahoo.com.vn) lOMoARcPSD|2347954
