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Nebuvo sovietyne jokios Jungtinės Karalystės, buvo Britanija arba Didžioji Britanija.

Na, gerai, sovietynas...

O kada Vakaruose imta sakyti "United Kingdom"?

Dominijos statusą pirmoji gavo Kanada (1867 m.). Oficialiai dominijos terminas priimtas Imperijos konferencijoje 1926 m. Vestminsterio statutas 1931 m. įtvirtino dominijos suverenumą. Nuo 1947 m. dominijos vadinamos Jungtinės Karalystės Tautų sandraugos nariais.

The first coat of arms for Great Britain, as used in the Kingdom of England, from 1603.

The history of the United Kingdom as a unified sovereign state began in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland,^[1] into a united kingdom called Great Britain.^{[note 1]}

Ireland came under English control during the 1600s and was formally united with Great Britain through the Act of Union of 1800. 

In 1922 much of Ireland became independent as the Irish Free State (now called Ireland) from the United Kingdom. However, six northern counties (called Northern Ireland) continue to be part of the United Kingdom. The country was renamed The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In 1940, the RAF defeated the German Luftwaffe in a struggle for control of the skies in the Battle of Britain.

The rise of nationalism in the colonies coincided with Britain's now much-diminished economic position, so that a policy of decolonisation was unavoidable. Independence was granted to India and Pakistan in 1947.^[110] Over the next three decades, most colonies of the British Empire gained their independence. Many became members of the Commonwealth of Nations.^[111]
It was formally constituted 

by the London Declaration in 1949, which established the member states as "free and equal".^[6] The symbol of this free association is Queen Elizabeth II who is the Head of the Commonwealth. 

Since World War II, however, the United Kingdom’s most prominent exports have been cultural, including literature, theatre, film, television, and popular music that draw on all parts of the country. Perhaps Britain’s greatest export has been the English language*, now spoken in every corner of the world as one of the leading international mediums of cultural and economic exchange.

British influence can be observed in the language, culture and legal** systems*** of many of its former colonies.***

There are fourteen British Overseas Territories****.^[22]

* Anglų kalba – būsimoji antroji lotynų kalba. Lengvai tuo įsitikinsite, savo kompiuteryje paspaudę Control Panel/Regional and Language Options ir suskaičiavę anglų kalbas. Savo kompiuteryje jų radau 13. Noriu pasakyti, kad anglų kalbos, kaip vientiso dalyko, jau dabar nebėra. Kaip, griuvus Romai, tuometės imperijos kalba - lotynų - skilo į prancūzų, italų ir kitas Pietų Europos kalbas, taip ir anglų kalba galutinai skils kai grius Karūna – The Crown.

Tegul šis paskvilis visiems parodo anglų kalbos kilmę ir esmę:

Forwarded interpersonal message :

The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other option. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).

In the first year, "s" will be used instead of soft "c". Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be replaced with "k". Not only will this klear up any konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replased by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.

By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptive to steps such as replasing "th" by "z" and "w" by "v".

During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similiar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no more trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.

Ze drem vil finali kum tru.

** The Law*****

*** :))

**** Aha,

padainuokim.

***** Yes, Sir.