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Discussion Groups / British English / November 2005Mountains in the UK, Britan, Scotland, Wales
Tell me one thing. What is the common knowledge about mountains in Britan. I mean what names of British mountains every single Brit should know if woken and asked at 3 a.m. Regards, Pawel from Warsaw, Poland "apprentice" <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote... > Tell me one thing. What is the common knowledge about mountains in > Britan. I mean what names of British mountains every single Brit > should know if woken and asked at 3 a.m. > Regards, > Pawel from Warsaw, Poland Every Brit will know of Snowdon (Wales) and Ben Nevis (Scotland). Most will know of Scafell Pike, Skiddaw and Helvellyn (England). Matti > "apprentice" <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote... > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Every Brit will know of Snowdon (Wales) and Ben Nevis (Scotland). Most > will know of Scafell Pike, Skiddaw and Helvellyn (England). I'd agree with most of that list, although I doubt that many kids from London would know of Skiddaw. In uk.culture.language.english, apprentice wrote: >Tell me one thing. What is the common knowledge about mountains in Britan. I >mean what names of British mountains every single Brit should know if woken >and asked at 3 a.m. I'd guess Ben Nevis first and Snowdon second, with Scafell Pike a distant third. Those are the highest mountains in Scotland, Wales, and England, respectively. Slieve Donard, the highest mountain in Northern Ireland, is not well known.  SignatureMike Barnes >Tell me one thing. What is the common knowledge about mountains in Britan. I >mean what names of British mountains every single Brit should know if woken >and asked at 3 a.m. At 3am, I'd probably only manage Ben Nevis and Snowdon. At a more civilised hour, I would probably come up with about eight or ten. SignatureJohn Hall "Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong." Oscar Wilde > > Tell me one thing. What is the common knowledge about mountains in Britan. I Look up the Munroes, the Cairngorms, the Grampians, the Cheviots, the Lake District, Snowdonia, the Peak District (no mountains technically, but hilly by British standards), and Norfolk Mountain Rescue. Also the Number 39 to Mount Skip. Paul Burke > Tell me one thing. What is the common knowledge about mountains in Britan. I > mean what names of British mountains every single Brit should know if woken > and asked at 3 a.m. At this time of night, Everest is the only one. Now go away and stop trolling. Giles >> Tell me one thing. What is the common knowledge about mountains in >> Britan. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Now go away and stop trolling. Trollin'? meaning? regards, apprentice > Giles |
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