Most of us used to think that there is just one important difference between British and American culture‚ that is accent of English language. However‚ experience of the american exchange students shows that is not true.There are a lot of others cultural‚ social and economical aspects differing USA and Great Britain‚ but still they have got some things in common‚ probably because English culture used to be considered as mother- culture for American. I would like to start with such an interesting
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BRITISH SLANG AND ITS CLASSIFICATION The understanding of the native speakers’ language is the international problem for our people. Our secondary schools teach the students only the bases of the English language. Our universities do not prepare them to the British streets‚ accommodations‚ pubs where people use their own language‚ the language that differs from that of their parents. They use other words- they use slang. None of the most advanced and flexible ways of teaching English of any country
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Labour Party In Power 1945-51 * Labour had won 393 seats compared to conservatives 213. * Reasons for Labour large scale victory in 1945: * Conservatives handicaps – had not understood the needs of ordinary people. Poor economy and unemployment with previous conservative government‚ unconvincing election campaign. * Labours advantages – attractive image (zeitgeist)‚ Labour better fitted to carry out post-war construction‚ leading labour figures gained respect from electorate during
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(449-1966) Historical background The Anglo-Saxons tribes arrived in Great Britain at the beginning of the 5th century. There were Germanic invaders who had already settled in England as mercenaries. They crossed the North Sea and they killed many British inhabitants or pushed them towards Wales‚ Cornwall ans Scotland. Together with them a small group of Danes‚ called the Jutes‚ arrived in the south of Great Britain‚ together with the Anglo-Saxons‚ in the same period. When these Germanic tribes arrived
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British New Wave Cinema made its appearance during the late 1950’s in the world of European cinema representing Britain as a nation in a socio-political aspect during a time where Britain was divided and defined by social class. Some of the issues portrayed in British new wave cinema are issues such as the economic state of Britain at the time‚ poverty issues‚ employment ‚racism‚ sexual orientation‚ and gender‚ all these as a reality of the country. The representations of these films at the time
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WE tend to forget that our lifestyle and mindset have largely been influenced by our colonial past. The British influence has changed the way we look at ourselves and has stripped us of a confidence that comes naturally to a people belonging to an ancient and great civilisation. Colonisation coerces people from subordinated culture to denigrate themselves. A kind of a virtual reality is created to expedite this attitude of self-hate among the native population. An alternate reality is created
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“Emancipation brought about more stagnation than freedom for the Africans in British Guiana in the 19th Century.” M.G Smith’s perspective that Emancipation “freed a race but failed to create society”1 raised much argument regarding the role and effect of emancipation on the ex- enslaved. It is with this view that the researcher critically examined the effects of Emancipation. It was found that the Africans did not improve their living conditions after Emancipation in the 19th Century. In fact
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The architecture of British politics The british political system is made up of houses of parliament and regional assemblies in Scotland‚ wales and northern Ireland. where members of parliament (MP’s) discuss four main issues legislation‚ representation‚ investigation and financing. The houses of commons The houses of commons is part of the process of british politics. The house of commons currently holds 647 mp’s in parliament which act as a political forum for Britain. Where MP’s can scrutinise
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History of British Newspapers Britain’s press can trace its history back more than 300 years‚ to the time of William of Orange. Berrow’s Worcester Journal‚ which started life as the Worcester Postman in 1690 and was published regularly from 1709‚ is believed to be the oldest surviving English newspaper. William Caxton had introduced the first English printing press in 1476 and‚ by the early 16th century‚ the first ’news papers’ were seen in Britain. They were‚ however‚ slow to evolve‚ with the
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............(5-6) 3. Creators of slang ………………………………...(6-7) 4. Linguistic processes forming slang ………….......(7) 5. Formation………………………………………...(8) 6. Examples of youth slang during 1960-70’s ……....(8-9) 6.1 Examples of modern British slang ………………(9-10) 6.2 Examples of modern USA slangs ………………..(11) 7. Definition of vulgarism …………………………..(11-12) 8. Vulgarisms in English (some exemples)………….(12-14) 9. Conclusion………………………………………...(15) 10. Bibliography……………………………………
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