r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Feb 21 '17

What do you know about... the UK?

This is the sixth part of our ongoing weekly series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The UK is the second most populous state in the EU. Famous for once being the worlds leading power, reigning over a large empire, it has recently taken the decision to exit the EU.

So, what do you know about the UK?

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u/drocco36 Germany Feb 21 '17
  • Their language has almost no connection between the spelling and the pronounciation.
  • Best TV shows in the world.
  • They won two world wars in order to loose the biggest empire in human history.

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u/AbstractLemgth United Nation Feb 22 '17

i thought you ought to go through a rough borough, though

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u/mvtheg Feb 22 '17

or through a thorough bower of boughs?

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u/AbstractLemgth United Nation Feb 22 '17 edited Feb 22 '17

well, bowing boughs of the boats when thoroughly laden with Croat stoats in Edinburugh or Worchestershire is not unknown*

*a prize** for anyone who has English as a non-native language who can use vocaroo to attempt to pronounce the past three comments

**prize might not actually exist

edit: also this