England, Britain, and the United Kingdom: What's the Difference?

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

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🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Located off the Northwestern Coast of continental Europe lies an archipelago of islands that most of you are familiar with. The thing is, the name of the islands and the names of the places that make up the islands are often used incorrectly. Moreover, how all the various parts of this archipelago are related to each other is pretty confusing as well. Learn more about England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles and how they are not the same thing on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe lies an archipelago of islands that most of you are probably familiar with.
0:07.0	The thing is, the name of these islands and the names of the places that make up these islands are often used incorrectly.
0:14.0	Moreover, how all the various parts of this archipelago are related to each other
0:18.0	is pretty confusing as well.
0:20.4	Learn more about England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles,
0:24.0	and how they're not the same thing, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This is a topic I figured I should do an episode on because I've referenced it in so many previous episodes, but I've never actually put it all together in a single package.
0:53.7	Many of you are already perfectly aware of what I'll be talking about,
0:57.4	especially if you happen to live on the islands in question.
1:00.9	Others of you are probably aware of most of what I'll be talking about because you've absorbed it over the years through osmosis,
1:07.0	even though it was never explicitly explained in this fashion.
1:10.0	Finally, some of you have probably been using some of the terms incorrectly and didn't even know it.
1:15.0	So let's get started by zooming out and looking at the big picture,
1:19.0	the entirety of the British Isles.
1:22.0	The British Isles are a collection of islands in the Atlantic Ocean consisting of over 6,000 islands.
1:28.0	The largest island is Great Britain, more on that in a bit,
1:31.0	and the next largest island is the island of Ireland.
1:34.4	It also includes the Isle of Mand, the Hebrides, Shetland, and Orkney Islands,
1:39.4	as well as a host of smaller islands off the coast of the larger ones. And here I have to address the
1:45.1	collective cries which are going out all over Ireland right now over the use of the term
1:49.9	British Isles. The British Isles is just one of many geographical names around the world that have
1:56.0	traditional routes that are disputed by other countries. These would include such things as the Persian
2:00.9	Gulf and the Sea of Japan. In the case of the British Isles, it's muddied
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