When speaking of pronunciation, it is pretty difficult to make clear distinctions between US and UK accents when there is a wide variety of accents within both, the US and UK. For instance: a Texan and a New Yorker are both Americans, but have very different accents. The same goes for British accents in London, … Sigue leyendo ACCENT →

England is part of the United Kingdom situated to the west of Eurasia and has an extensive coastline. Such a positioning is responsible for its fairly complex climate, which demonstrates the meeting of the dry continental air and the moist maritime air. This creates rather large differences in temperature ranges and also leads to the … Sigue leyendo CLIMATE →

The UK unit of currency is pound sterling (£), not the Euro. The pound (1£) is made up of 100 pence (p) exactly like the dollar is split into 100 cents. Since 2016 and 2018 new note and coin designs have been circulated. Luckily, each note is a different color, so it is easy to … Sigue leyendo CURRENCY →

The economy of England was mainly agricultural until the 18th century, but the Industrial Revolution caused it to evolve gradually into a highly urbanized and industrial region during the 18th and 19th centuries. Heavy industries (iron and steel, textiles, and shipbuilding) proliferated in the northeastern counties because of the proximity of coal and iron ore … Sigue leyendo ECONOMY →

The basic political system in England is a constitutional monarchy and parliament system. (click here to visit the website of the current Royal Family.)There has not been a government of England since 1707.The Parliament of the UK if formed by the House of Commons (650 Mps.) and the House of Lords (Royal Linage), at the … Sigue leyendo POLITICS →

The name of the country comes from the word “Engaland”, which means “Land of Angles”. The Angles were on the Germanic tribes that settled in Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages. According to the Oxford University Dictionary, the Word England was first used in 1538. It is necessary to go back in time and … Sigue leyendo HISTORY →