Come at me England
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Bad history is bad
2 things:
1) A concentratin camp is not a death camp
2) Concentration camps existed far earlier than the Second Boer War, there is indication that the Russians used the concept in the 18th Century to control Polish rebels. The US were essentially using them to control Native Americans in the first half of the 19th Century but the reconcentrados where the name derives from were used by the Spanish in Spanish America during the 1860s
but hey, lets not let real history get in the way of tabloid history though
Oh no you dont! Your not blaming Mel Gibson on us! Hes Australia's mistake!
he is an alcoholic racist though so it's an honest mistake to make
B@
Neither is the imaging system invented by that scots dude (it bears no relation to a "modern" television)
That's a thread winner TBH, if Scotland's that great at inventing things why do they speak another countries language and use their money?
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When you consider that Engerland has a population ten times that of Scotland, I'd say we've done extremely well.
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Could say the same of England compared to Germany or just about any EU country. England are by far one of the most influential and dominant countries to have carved a name out for them selves and up there with the giants who are considerably larger than them selves. Scotland is just clinging on
Could say the same of England compared to Germany or just about any EU country. England are by far one of the most influential and dominant countries to have carved a name out for them selves and up there with the giants who are considerably larger than them selves. Scotland is just clinging on
Ive got to agree with this, when you consider that just 1500 years ago (short time in the scale of things) most of what's now called England was under welsh control and the "Britons" were being mostly assimilated by Angle and Saxon settlers then England has done well to build/lose an Empire spanning 1/3 of the globe in that time.
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Largest empire of all-time, based upon population AND land mass. Plus, I think England's greatest legacy is that the language is becoming far more widespread, with most of the West using it as a second language if it isn't already their first. The internet helps this too.
Imagine an inter-galactic human civilisation spreading to other planets and all speaking English - a language originating from a tiny island
Hey, a man can dream...
Imagine an inter-galactic human civilisation spreading to other planets and all speaking English - a language originating from a tiny island
Hey, a man can dream...
It wasn't England's exclusively, however.
Largest empire of all-time, based upon population AND land mass. Plus, I think England's greatest legacy is that the language is becoming far more widespread, with most of the West using it as a second language if it isn't already their first. The internet helps this too.
Imagine an inter-galactic human civilisation spreading to other planets and all speaking English - a language originating from a tiny island
Hey, a man can dream...
What are now Germans, Scandinavians and French have more claim to the English language than the English.
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You are just being pedantic. At the end of the day the English took the credit and the language has their name on it.
You mean the British Empire? I think you might find that a large part of that Empire was conquered by Celtic troops. I don't think England can take all the credit for that.
A lot of the current language originates from Norman French. Again, England can't take all the credit for that.
How so?
"The empire was the biggest in the world, well done England"[or to that effect]... isn't exactly accurate is it? It was a combined effort, no one can claim that singularly for England anymore than anyone can for Scotland.
Regarding the language, it would depend on your point of view and vested interests but yes. Most of the influence was Norman French and Germanic. Repeatedly. What was the ye olde English would not mean a thing to you, what does was influenced heavily by close neighbours.
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You can say that about almost every language going. All have stolen from somewhere so do you want to go back to ancient languages? Perhaps the Chinese would be the most original of them going. Completely pointless remark.
As for the English empire well at the end of the day who's name was on it? Who controlled those lands and who profited from it?
That's like saying a war isn't won by a country if it uses mercenaries from another. It's just being smart and using all resources you can pull to achieve your goal.
It varies, and this is largely irrelevent. People are holding it up as an example of Englishness exclusively, when in fact the language has a long history of being a cultural melting pot with French and German influence..
It wasn't England's empire, it was Britain's.
England never had the largest empire in the world, Britain did.
Is a pratt.