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2 days ago · The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927.
3 days ago · If you pass a pub called The Hop Pole, the Barley Mow, or the Three Barrels, that is likely to be where the name originated. 8. Some pub names, like this famous pub on Bodmin Moor, are less obvious. Think rum and smugglers. Many other pubs adopted a white hart, the personal badge of Richard II, as their sign.
2 days ago · parapraxis. Definition: (noun) A minor error, such as a slip of the tongue, thought to reveal a repressed motive. Synonyms: slip-up, miscue, slip. Usage: She thought her verbal blunder was just a silly mistake, but her friend, a Freud enthusiast, tried to convince her that the parapraxis actually had great significance. Discuss.
4 days ago · Ans: The word “chav”, which is British and is frequently derogatory, is also referred to as “charver,” “scally,” and “roadman” in some parts of England. Q4. What does Neek mean? Ans: Neek means a nerd or a geek.
2 days ago · The first definition of "common law" given in Black's Law Dictionary, 10th edition, 2014, is "The body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions". Black's lists "case law" as a synonym, and "statute" as a contrast.
2 days ago · White British is an ethnicity classification used for the indigenous White population identifying as English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Northern Irish, or British in the United Kingdom Census. In the 2011 census, the White British population was 49,997,686, 81.5% of Great Britain's total population. For the United Kingdom entirely, due to ...
1 day ago · The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, [18] is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party. It is the current governing party, having won the 2019 general election, and has been the primary governing party in the United Kingdom since ...
