Talking about UK... Are the people from Wales, Scotland and England different?

Question

I mean, like the vasques and castilian in Spain, or they come everybody from the same etnic group? Do they have a very different dialect, I mean complete different from English?

Answer 1

We have very different accents, yes.

Welsh have a separate language.

Scottish have the old Gaelic language too.

Irish also have a Gaelic language too I believe.

However, the English language is basically universal in the UK.

We're all British, however, but some are Welsh, some are Scottish, some are English, and other are Irish, as northern Ireland is still part of the UK.

Answer 2

Hi, Alfa. I've been studying and experimenting on British people since 5 years. I've come to the conclusion that people who come from Wales tend to eat a lot of meat, whilst in Scotland they're more a junk food type. In the rest of England people are just nut jobs so who cares.

Answer 3

Yes they are four very different and proud nations under one sovereign,there is Scottish Gaelic and Welsh the Irish speak Erse another form of Gaelic.Four very different cultures of which,each country is rightfully proud.Having said that,the English are best,of course,the other three being little more than animals with human like form who have contributed little or nothing to the whole.Name me one Scottish engineer,Doctor,inventor or author.Name me one Welsh poet or singer.Name me one Irish person who has done anything at all..No,the English are by far the best,I love being English and I'm going to give myself a BIG  kiss.

Edit...HAHAHAHA I forgot to mention that the Welsh are also devoid of a sense of humour.Oh and by the way Big Ben is the bell that chimes the hour and has nothing to do with the clock tower.

Edit,Evie S,guilty as charged.Of course,I surely do jest.I would have thought that it was so obvious that it did not necessitate any elaboration or explanation.I have the books,Cd's,watched the films and have a good enough knowledge of history too.I look foreward to reading your future,informative and enjoyable answers

Answer 4

Pain in the back, surely you jest. [As a Scottish-American, I recognize a rhetorical technique when I read one.]

A Scottish engineer: James Watt--inventor of the steam engine

A Scottish physician: Alexander Fleming--inventor of penicillin

A Scottish author: Robert Louis Stevenson

A Welsh poet: Dylan Thomas

A Welsh singer: Tom Jones

Famous Irish: Oscar Wilde, Peter O'Toole, W. B. Yeats,

Bob Geldorf

English comedians: Bob Hope, Charlie Chaplin, Dudley Moore

Aren't the English famous for their understated sense of humor?  

BTW, genetic testing has shown that all of the above come from the same gene pool since the British Isles were cut off from the European Continent after the last ice age.   In the centuries that followed, the various ethnic groups have intermarried (much to their displeasure).

Answer 5

Of course they're different! Take a look at the US, people from the east coast have a completely different dialect from people down south or out west. And we're all in the same country! Wales and England have different dialects than eachother and Scotland is completely different from the two and is probably closer to speaking like the Irish. In Spain castillian is different from the other 4 types of spanish they have on the Iberian peninsula. Their accents are different just like ours are

Answer 6

We are all exactly the same - almost clones of each other except that some are male and some are female.

Also some are tall and some are short depending upon ancestry.

There are distinct differences in the DNA of the 781 main groups.

The most obvious resemblance of UK citizens to each other is the skin colour that will almost certainly be between black, asiatic and blond (*******, oriental and caucasian).

We have a common basic language of English that is made up from 258 other languages.  

The peoples of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Cornwall, Northumberland, London, Essex, Bradford etc. tend to use their individual native languages between themselves.

As you can see we are quite homogeneous.

Answer 7

they talk differently

Answer 8

We're all different nationalities to start with. The term 'british' refers to anyone living in a British colony (including those in Jersey, Guernsey, Malta(?), Cyprus(?), and Gibraltar).

On the British Isles though, you have four countries; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, or the Welsh, Scottish, English and Irish.

Accents are all very different. They are from different heritage; celts, viking, etc. Each culture has their own dialect. The Welsh and the Irish have their own languages, and the Scots use a lot of their own words, but as far as I'm aware, it's not been given a 'language' status yet. You also get a difference in dialects from county to county too, but obviously this isn't as different as the country dialects.

An example of a county dialect is Cornwall (S.W. tip of England). They are a county of England, but they have their own language, Cornish. It's very different to anything else, but the Cornish speakers are slowly reverting to English, which has lead to fears that Cornish may die out completely in a few hundred years.

Answer 9

Yes We Are All Very Different !

Im From Wales

Which Is The Best !

Answer 10

The term 'Celtic' is generally used to describe the languages and respective cultures of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany, also known as the Six Celtic Nations.  The English word 'Welsh' originates from the word wælisc, which is Anglo-Saxon for 'foreigner'.  Most regions in the UK have their own dialect - anyone who is a native English speaking person can usually tell immediately which region a person is from just by hearing them speak.  The Welsh, of course, have their own, entirely different language, as do the Irish.

Answer 11

HOW DARE YOU PAIN IN THE BACK AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE TOO. CACHWR.

We welsh have invented the = symbol your tower is named after a welshman (big ben) Mount everest is named after a welshmaen(john everest) The first million pound deal was signed in wales. We have one of the oldest languages in Europe and it's still used fiercly and naturally by our people.

Famous welsh poet's and author's - ROALD DAHL, DYLAN THOMAS, SAUNDERS LEWIS, TALIESIN, T H PARRY, T. LLEW JONES.

SINGERS - TOM JONES, SHIRLEY BASSEY, Charlote church, Katherine Jenkins, Aled Jones,Bryn Terfel, Duffy, Super furry animals. Stereophonics, Artic zycotig monkeys. Max Boyce, Adolina patsy.

Plus we have the best rugby team :P

I am a native welsh speaker.

THE BRITISH ISLE ARE HUGELY DIVIDED.

The welsh, Scottish, Irish, Manx and Cornish are all Celtic in origin and tend to get on very well we are the same but with different cultures, languages but our ethnic backround derives from the same past. Welsh have about 96% celtic dna followed by the irish who have between 88% - 96% . then the scot's who's DNA is about 74% of celtic origin.

Plus we welsh, Irish, Cornish, Manx and Scot's in general don't like the English because of what they have done!. Invaded us opressed us tryed killing our languages and many more.

FE GODWN ETO

WE'LL RISE AGAIN

CELTIAID AM BYTH

CELT'S FOREVER

Answer 12

Yup.  If you ask them.

Not as different as the Basques, but the Scots are mostly Celts with a lot of Danish and Viking mixed in.  The Welsh are Celts, and the Brits are Saxon/Angles.  (and the tribes of the Jutes and Picts, going way back), with a whole bunch of Norman mixed in.  In truth, they have a lot of the same influences, genetically, from different time periods.

However, if you ask them, they are very different.  The Scots tend to have a very negative feeling towards the English as a whole, and the English treat the Scots like the red-headed step child of the UK.  They often make jokes about them being backwards, and un comprehensible (which, frankly, a strong Scottish accent IS really difficult to understand).

Yes, the dialects, languages, and accents are VERY different.  Welsh is a very Gaelic language, and I don't think the Scots have their own language, anymore, but think of how Scotty spoke on Star Trek...that's a pretty classic Scottish accent.

Yeah, they are very distinct groups culturally, as well.  And the food.  Hmmm Ever hear of Haggis?  nuff said.

Answer 13

Its not just those three differences in the Brittish isles there are many others where accent is so different an english person struggles to understand . Like Yorkshire and Burmingham . Also Devon and dorset have unique sound .

Answer 14

A recent University research program, has debunked the 'Angle' element that divides England from the 'Celtic' Nations. DNA indicates that all of aboriginal Britain is about 80-90%, Celtic in origin with some other origins mixed in. There are a few abnormalities, for example the Shetland Islands, which have a high Norse origin.

There are many different dialects, both between countries and in different areas in the countries, for example the North East of England and the South West are very distinct to a native English speaker. Welsh do have an extensive Welsh language program, however in most of Scotland only English {or Auld Scots- a dialect is spoken} although Gaelic {similar to the Irish language of a similar name} is spoken in the far North West and on some of the Islands. These are also have a high genetic proprtion of Celts who were originally Irish. I also beieve that on South Uist {a Hebridean Island}, and in parts of Wales the Celtic language is still used as a first language.

There are also some differences in the origins of the Celtic background, mainly with incursions from mainland Europe and Ireland in Early or Pre-history. Probably some parts of Welsh and possibly Pictish Scots are the earliest actually British inhabitants. I believe that there have some common ethnic origins with some French and North West Spanish aboriginals.

Answer 15

I think they are different but not to a huge degree.

I am half English (mum) & half Welsh (dad).

Most of my Welsh family speak Welsh, which is a completely different language to English or gaelic which some Irish & Scots speak.

Welsh schools have bought back the Welsh language into the curriculum along side English.

I think the biggest difference is PRIDE. Welsh, Scots & Irish are fiercly proud of their country & their traditions.

Although I hate to say it unfortunately some English people have lost their pride in their country (or are afraid to show it!)

Answer 16

they have different traditional languages but most speak english fluently. culturely the three are very different, and i love it all.

Answer 17

As with all these type of similar people, to outsiders, they are the same. Its only among themselves that they see any difference. For instance, the Kurds and Turks look the same to me. As do the Jews and Palestinians of the mid east.

Answer 18

Completely different, right down to culture. In an attempt to get extra votes, the British Labour  government has made a big thing about separating the countries further still by putting in local parliaments. The result is an increasingly divided society. However, we all speak English and we all hate paying taxes.

The English are considered to be arrogant and ill mannered (no surprises there then), their greatest export is soccer - a game they are c**p at themselves. The Scottish are very chippy, drink excessively and then fight each other, the Welsh eat rubbish food, have their children when they are about 13 and live on benefits.  Little is known about the  Northern Irish as they are unintelligible to anyone but themselves.

EDIT: Look at these answers.......see what I mean?

Answer 19

Yes they all speak a bit different. (and I am including Ireland in this since you left it out, I hope, by accident).

Even in different regions of each country you can discern a difference in dialect, much as in the USA people from New England tend to speak differently that people from Georgia.

While all the countries have English as a primary language now, each one had it's own form of Gaelic language in the past.