Who Are the Britains

The first accounts of the British are the Romans. One Example is Julius Ceaser who invaded in 55 and 54 BC. Most people call the Britons before the Romans the Celts. The Celts originated from Europe and settled in Britain. Their culture goes back to about 1200 BC. The Celts were famous for their art work and jewellery. They were pre Christians and are therefore known as pagans and their priests were known as Druids. There are still practising Druids in Britain (gwpu 2012).

England

 Scotland

 Wales

According to Barrow (2010), Britain’s  are the people who live in United Kingdom, They can either be English, Welsh or Scottish from these countries respectively England, Wales and Scotland. People from Northern Ireland are not British.  Most people confuse the fact that Ireland is in Britain. United Kingdom is made up of Britain and the Northern Ireland.

British is a country of mixed cultures. London has the largest non-white population of any European city and over 250 languages are spoken there. Not all British people are white or Christians.

Many individuals think that English is the same as British, which is not. People who are English are from the country of England and on the other hand British people are people who live in Great Britain and the United Kingdom (Barrow 2010).

Most white people born in Britain do not regard their selves as British but prefer to state their identity as English, Scottish or Welsh.

REFERENCES

Barrow. M. (2010) Project Britain – Your Guide to British life, culture and customs. Available at: http://projectbritain.com/nationality.htm (Accessed :19/01/12).

gwpu (2012) British Culture- Who are the British. Available at: http://www.gpwu.ac.jp/~biddle/whoareDW.html 19/01/2012)..(Accessed