British Culture and Traditions

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  British Culture
  An Introduction
  

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  How many countries make up the United Kingdom?
  Answer: Four
  England
  Scotland
  Wales
  Northern Ireland
  

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  What is the current currency of The United Kingdom?
  The Pound
  Although the UK joined the EU in 1973, thus far the country has not switch their currency to the Euro. This has helped keep the UK financially strong,
  $1= € .69
  $1= £.62
  €1 = £.90
  So for example, if you liked a desk that was £200, you would be paying $321.
  

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  Who is the current Monarch?
  Queen Elizabeth II—not to be confused with the Virgin Queen Elizabeth of the Elizabethan/Shakespearean age.
  Next in line to the throne?
  Prince Charles
  Then?
  Prince William
  

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  Where does the monarch OFFICIALLY reside?
  Buckingham Palace
  

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  What famous river flows through London?
  The Thames (pronounced “Tims”
  

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  What Centuries did William Shakespeare Live?
  16th and 17th; baptized in 1564, died in 1616.
  Apprx. 38 plays
  154 sonnets
  Other prominent works
  

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  How many times did King Henry VIII get married? What is the name of at least one of his wives?
  
  Six times
  His wives include (in this order)…
  Catherine of Aragon (Spanish Princess)
  Divorced
  Anne Boleyn (mother of Elizabeth I)
  Executed
  Jane Seymore
  Died
  Anne of Cleves
  Divorced
  Kathryn Howard
  Executed
  Katherine Parr
  Widowed
  

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  What are the two largest political parties in the UK?
  Conservative
  
  Labour
  

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  Where are the crown jewels kept?
  The Tower of London
  Most haunted
  Former prisoners
  
  

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  Where were the Beatles from?
  Liverpool
  

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  Who is Nessie and where does she reside?
  Loch Ness Monster; Loch Ness (lake in Scotland)
  

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  What is a Double Decker?
  A two story bus
  

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  St. George is the patron saint of England—what is he famous for killing?
  A dragon
  

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  What is the most popular food in Britain?
  Fish and chips
  

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  Most famous timepiece?
  Big Ben
  

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  Works cited (pictures) in order
  Microsoft clip art
  bedandbreakfasts.co.uk
  visitbritain.co.uk; nihongo.istockphoto.com
  topnews.in
  treehugger.com
  latelink.com; londonpermaculturalists.ning.com
  Microsoft clip art
  royalpaperdolls.com
  aboutmyarea.co.uk
  goingtolondon.wikispaces.com
  liverpoollodge.com
  paranormal.about.com; scotland-calling.com; tripadvisor.co.uk
  Microsoft clip art (2)
  frot.co.nz
  englisheso.wikispaces.com
  
  

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  Biscuit
  Scone
  grades
  Marks
  Sneakers
  Trainers
  Green beans
  Runner Beans
  crosswalk
  Zebra Crossing
  galoshes
  Wellies
   Jello
  Jelly
   Public School
  State School
  Under-shirt
  Vest
  FRIES
  Chips
  Private School
  Public School
  Sweater
  Jumper
  Cookie
  Biscuit
  eraser
  Rubber
  Under-wear/ panties
  Knickers
  Food
  School Terms
  Clothing Items
  US
  UK
  US
  UK
  US
  UK
  

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  Etymology
  Open the dictionary to a random page.
  Look at the first word on the page and make note of the etymology
  Words noted as AS or OE are native; the rest are borrowed
  Make note of the etymologies of 15 words at the TOP of 15 separate pages
  Main Entry: et·y·mol·o·gy Pronunciation: \-jē\
  Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural et·y·mol·o·gies
  Etymology: Middle English ethimologie, from Anglo-French, from Latin etymologia, from Greek, from etymon + -logia -logy Date: 14th century
  1 : the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmissionfrom one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
  2 : a branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies
  
  

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  What is the ratio?
  2 Native
  Outlandish (OE)
  Woodruff (OE)
  13 Borrowed
  Irrevocable (Latin)
  Jangle (O French)
  Motion (Latin)
  Pointillism (French)
  Pulse (Latin)
  Serviette (O French)
  Suit (Latin)
  Vamplate (Anglo-Norman French)
  Wheedle (German)
  Zygoma (Greek)
  Adequate (Latin)
  Aperture (Latin)
  Close (Latin)
  

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  2:13
  (13%)
  Percentage Latin/Greek
  8/13 = 62%
  Percentage Other
  5/13 = 13%
  What does this imply about the ENGLISH language?
  

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  Our Language
  English is incredibly diverse!
  English dictionaries: 600,000 words—closest rival (German): 185,000 words
  Knowing where language originates from allows us to connect and understand how and why we communicate the way we do.
  

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  Proto Indo European
  Germanic
  Celtic
  Balto-Slavic
  Latin
  Greek Albanian
  Indo-Iranian
  Russian
  Ukrainian
  Czech
  Slovak
  Serb-Croatian
  Persian
  Kurdish
  Hindi
  Bengali
  Iranian
  Sanskrit
  Romanian
  French
  Spanish
  Portuguese
  Italian
  Slavic
  Baltic
  Welsh
  Bretan
  Gælic
  Latvian
  Lithuanian
  

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  Germanic
  Icelandic
  East Norse
  West Norse
  Old Norse
  Gothic
  East Germanic
  North Germanic
  Old Frisian
  Old High German
  High
  Low
  West Germanic
  Old English
  Old Low German
  Anglian
  West Saxon
  Old Low Franconian
  Old Saxon
  Kentish
  Middle English
  Modern English
  Norwegian
  Swedish
  Danish
  

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  Old English
  Old English has different LETTERS.
  "Thorn" (Þ or þ)
  Cloth (cláþ)
  Thin
  The letter "eth" (ð)
  Clothes
  Then
  Old English does not require a specific word order, the way Middle and Modern English do.
  Instead, OE uses declensions (little endings stuck on the end of nouns)
  

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  Middle English
  Spelling has not yet been formalized in a systematic way, and many Latinate terms have entered English through intermediary French influences under the Norman conquerors in 1066.
  

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  Early Modern English
  Shakespeare’s day
  thou/you,
  thy/your,
  thine/yours,
  Shakespeare's alphabet in the early modern is practically identical to ours
  Doesn't yet have identical punctuation conventions to ours. For instance, the exclamation mark still wasn't invented in 1590.
  

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  Narrative Writing
  Page 8 of Writing Handbook
  There are 7 major components in most stories:
  Plot
  Character
  Setting
  Theme
  Mood
  Tone
  Viewpoint
  

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  Plot
  A series of related actions that lead to the
  Climax
  Resolution
  Every good plot needs a conflict, or a struggle between two forces in the story. This creates interest and suspense. There are 2 basic types of conflict
  Internal
  External
  

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  Plot
  There are 6 steps in a typical plot:
  Exposition
  Narrative hook
  Rising Action
  Climax (indicates how conflict will be resolved) and Denoument (turning point/ Ah-ha moment)
  Falling Action
  Resolution
  
  

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  To practice
  Using all of the target words AND at least 2-3 of the UK words from our earlier discussions (underline them in your story as you use them), complete the rest of the story. Really let your imagination flow. Don’t forget to create a title.
  You need a PLOT and CONFLICT in your story but that is all that is absolutely required other than the use of the target words and language as per our discussion today
  Target words: England, suitcase, aviator sunglasses, brick wall, dangerous, cliff, rose colored vase, Stonehenge
  Everyone’s first line should be: I was on my way to the Tower of London when…