Britain: Language, Dialects and Culture

ELL 2035

Warm Upi. Have you been to the United Kingdom? What do you

know of England?

ii. What do you know about British dialects?

iii. Which is the easiest accent to understand?

iv. What types of dialects are there in Korea? Can you speak like them?

v. What’s the difference between England, Britain and the UK?

vi. Why are there two words – cow/beef in English but in Korean just 소 and 소고기 ?

English Usage

What’s the difference between Eng-land, Britain and the UK

Stonehedge

Roman Britannica

Anglo-Saxon Invasion

Runes

Latin – the language of scholarship

Viking Invasions

Vikings

England under Danelaw

Norman Conquest (1066)

William the Conqueror

The Anglo-Norman Empire

Hundred Years War – French vs English

Shakespeare

Shakespearean English

• addiction break the ice• critic • frugal an itching palm• generous• lonely• obscene catch a cold• fashionable

Introduction to the UK

i. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

ii. Londoniii. 49million, 5million, 3million, 1.5millioniv. the Queenv. Buckingham Palacevi. Oxford and Cambridgevii.75% (2% are farmers)viii.Welsh

ix. British Flag

x. Highest grossing series1. MCU - $8.1 billion2. Harry Potter – $7.7 billion3. James Bond – $6.1 billion4. Middle Earth – $5.8 billion5. Star Wars - $4.3 billion6. Spider-Man - $3.9 billion7. Fast and Furious $3.85 billion8. Batman $3.8 billion9. Transformers - $3.76 billion10.Pirates of the Caribbean -$3.72 billion

Vocabulary

1. posh/snotty2. shut it3. a pub4. a bog / boggy5. bloody6. received pronunci-

ation7. a tart8. Cockney English9. a tosser / a wanker

a. the English used by working class London-ers

b. a prostitutec. shut upd. standard British pro-

nunciation, queene. damn, f***kingf. upper class, snobby,

richg. swamp/swampyh. a bari. (British profanity) a

person who mastur-bates

British Dialects

Received Pronunciation

London

East Anglia

West country

Wales

Birmingham

Liverpool

Yorkshire

Geordie

Edinburgh

Belfast

Comprehension QuizStandard British Accent1. What does Benedict Cumberbatch think of his face?a. weird b. attractive c. animal London Working man Accent2. What animals are they talking about?a. rabbits and dogs b. dogs and bears c. cats and mice Birmingham Accent3. What did Ozzy Osbourne get in trouble for?a. carrying alcohol b. wearing women close c. peeing on the Alamo Geordie Accent4. What sport is Billy Elliot auditioning for?a. boxing b. ballet c. soccer Liverpool Accent5. Jimmy Fallon wants to do what with Paul McCartney’s accent? a. have a spot of tea b. sing c. visit Sponge Bob West Country Accent6. What movie is Samwise Gamgee in?a. the Hobbit b. the Lord of the Rings c. Empire Strikes Back

Comprehension QuizYorkshire Accent7. What is Sean Bean’s (Boromir)character worried about?a. destroying the ring b. going to Morodor c. Global Warming  Scottish Accent8. Why do they think about being Scottish?a. proud b. ashamed c. better than English Northern Irish Accent9. What’s the problem with being Irish in Los Angeles?a. burning because of pale skin b. being robbed c. getting drunk  ??? Accent10. The interviewer is interviewing Stephen Fry, a British comic from East

Anglia, but where is the interviewer from?a. Ireland b. Scotland c. Liverpool ??? Accent11. Where’s the old man with the glasses from?a. Scotland b. Birmingham c. London (Cockney)

American - British

the subway – the tube / the undergroundan elevator – a lift

program - programmeapartment – flatflashlight - torchbusy - engagedsoccer - football

truck – lorrydollars, cents - pound, pence

lies, trash - rubbish

Discussion Questionsi. Are you familiar with British English? Were

the accents easy to understand? Which one was the hardest to easiest?

ii. What is the hardest Korean accent to under-stand? What is the easiest?

iii. Do you know about British slang vs American slang? (ex. bollocks vs bullshit)

iv. If you had the chance to go to England, would you go? Why or why not?

v. In your opinion how do Americans differ from British?

vi. What’s the stereotypes you have about Brit-ish people?