Back to category: People

Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper.

Britain: Good Things Come in Little Packages

If you choose to travel across half the world, and find yourself in the UK,
you truly will be in a land of paradox.

A 'rigid' social system is contradicted by incredible social diversity,
where steet signs are written in Urdu, Mandarin, Welsh.... This traditional
country is at the centrepiece of the European Union, yet doesn't subscribe
to it's currency, the Ecu. The food to feed the family is all
meat-and-potato, yet the most popular take away food is the Curry, closely
follwed by Asian dishes, and then Pizza. The Royal Family jostles for
position with the 'New Royals', Posh and Becks, Stella and John McCartney,
Madonna and Guy...

When travelling through the UK, you are actually visiting a Principality,
Wales ('Prince-Ruled' Kingdom) two Realms (Scotland and England) and a
Province, Northern Ireland. When travelling through, you will see that
drastically different dialects can exist i...

Posted by: Chad Boger

Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper.