British country names explained

RobWords • February 24, 2024

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Enjoy this wordy trip around the UK! Go to https://ground.news/robwords to see diverse perspectives and discover how language shapes narratives. Subscribe through my link to get 40% off unlimited access this month only. Why is 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England named after the Angles and not the Saxons? Does 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿"Welsh" really mean slave? And where was the original 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland? These questions answered and many more on this etymological trip around the 🇬🇧UK. In this video, I explain the origins of the names of England, Scotland and Wales, as well as the rest of the British Isles and 🇮🇪Ireland. And prepare for a shocking revelation about walnuts. ⭐️PATREON COMMUNITY: patreon.com/robwords 📝FREE NEWSLETTER: http://www.robwords.com/newsletter Check me out on the web, on Twitter & TikTok: http://robwords.com http://x.com/robwordsYT http://tiktok.com/@robwords ==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 0:22 "England" 3:54 "Wales" 4:56 Ground News 6:07 "Wales" continued 9:25 "Scotland" 11:05 "Ireland" 11:37 "Britain" 11:09 "Albion" 14:04 The British Isles ("Shetland", "Isle of Man" etc.)