PEOPLE FROM BRITAIN AND BELARUS: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITY
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PEOPLE FROM BRITAIN AND BELARUS:
DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITY
Living in a different country means experiencing a different way of life. The cultures of all countries are unique, which means that people who have grown up in different ways of behaving and different ways of thinking and different ways of expressing themselves. We compare the most widespread habits in our country and in Britain.
The subject of the research work is the British people and the Belarusian people.
The aim of our research work: is to compare people from Belarus and Britain.
To achieve the aim we are to solve the following objectives:
• To define the term «nationality» and «habit»
• To research people in Belarus and in Britain
• To compare the people in Belarus and in Britain
• To investigate habits among representatives of different age, gender and groups.
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PEOPLE FROM BRITAIN AND BELARUS:
DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY
2 Contents
I.
Introduction……………………………………………………....34
II. Main part………………………… ……………………………..57
2.1 George Mikes and his book «How to be a Brit…………………....6
2.2 Way of behavior: the British people and Belarus people……….…6
2.3 Character and appearance of people from Britain and from Belarus..7
III. Conclusions…………………………………………………….......9
Sources of information, literature …………………..……………...10
Supplement 1………………………………………………………...11
Supplement 2………………………………………………………..12
Supplement 3………………………………………………………..13
3 PEOPLE FROM BRITAIN AND BELARUS:
DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITY
Living in a different country means experiencing a different way of life.
The cultures of all countries are unique, which means that people who have
grown up in different ways of behaving and different ways of thinking and
different ways of expressing themselves. We compare the most widespread
habits in our country and in Britain.
The subject of the research work is the British people and the
Belarusian people.
The aim of our research work: is to compare people from Belarus and
Britain.
To achieve the aim we are to solve the following objectives:
To define the term «nationality» and «habit»
To research people in Belarus and in Britain
To compare the people in Belarus and in Britain
To investigate habits among representatives of different age, gender
and groups.
In our research work we used the following methods:
theoretical (analysis, comparison, planning of the research
hypotheses and collation to the results);
empirical (questioning, interviewing).
In our work we compared people and their habits in Belarus and in Great
Britain.
Introduction
Nationality is the legal relationship between an individual human and a
nation state. Nationality normally confers some protection of the individual by
the state, and some obligations on the individual towards the state. These rights
and duties are vary from country to country. It differs technically and legally
from citizenship, although in most modern countries all nationals are citizens of
the state and all citizens are nationals of the state.
There are still lots of various strange and interesting people around the
world. They change from country to country. For sure there are lots of common
and even more uncommon habits in different countries. Habits (or wants) are
routines of behavior
that are repeated regularly and tend to occur
4 subconsciously. Habitual behavior often goes unnoticed in persons exhibiting it,
because a person does not need to engage in selfanalysis when undertaking
routine tasks.
British people (also referred to as Britons, informally as Brits, or
archaically as Britishers) are citizens or natives of the United Kingdom, Crown
Dependencies, British Overseas Territories, and their descendants. British
nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be
acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals.
Belarusians are an East Slavic ethnic group who populate the majority of
the Republic of Belarus. There are over 8 million people who associate
themselves with the Belarusian nationality today.
5 Main part
What are they like: the British people and Belarusian people?
In the modern world everything is in interaction. All countries and nations
communicate with each other. To make this communication productive, people
should learn and understand the culture of the people they are talking to.
As written in the book by George Mikes «How to be a Brit» in England
everything is the other way round. On Sundays on the continent even the poorest
person puts on his best suit, tries to look respectable, and at the same time the
life of the country becomes gay and cheerful. In England even the richest peer
dresses in some peculiar rags and the country becomes dreary.
On the continent there is one topic which should be avoided – the
weather. In England if you don’t repeat the phrase «Lovely day, isn’t it? » at
least two hundred times a day, you are considered a bit dull. On the continent
people have good food. In England people have good table manners. Although
the author refers to the continent, all this is perfectly true of Belarus, as well.
In contrast to us, the British never wash themselves under the stream of
water. They splash in a washstand. Also the English don’t usually rinse after
the bath, but begin to dry themselves in the bath foam. This custom extends to
washing the dishes.
At first sight the British seem very kind and sympathetic. They always
help foreigners find the way to where they are going. Shopkeepers are always
too. But we should realize that their smiles are not always sincere. The English
just pretend be polite. They always say «Sorry», but they don’t really mean it. In
Belarus we behave in another way. If we are in a bad mood, we don’t smile at
everyone. Our feelings and emotions are often seen in our faces.
The British are keen on being polite. Asking them for something, you
should remember such special words as «could you please», «don’t you mind»
and so on. Without those words it seems to them that you are rude or are going
to argue. It is very important to say all those phrases. You cannot even say
«Give me, please» instead of «Could you give me…». Not knowing all that, lots
of people don’t get job, because their potential employers consider them to be
rude.
Most people in Britain work a fiveday week, from Monday to Friday;
schools, colleges and universities are also closed on Saturdays and Sundays. As
Friday comes along, as people leave work they say to each other, "Have a nice
weekend." Then on Monday morning they ask, "Did you have a nice week
end?"On Sunday midmornings most British people indulge in some fairly light
activities such as gardening, washing the car, shelling peas or chopping mint for
Sunday lunch, or taking the dog for a walk.
6 Another most popular prelunch activity consists of a visit to a "pub"
either a walk to the "local", or often nowadays a drive to a more pleasant
"country pub" if one lives in a builtup area. The national drink in England is
beer, and the "pub", where Englishmen go to drink to, is a peculiarly English
institution.
The English polite way of behaviour is probably a mask for all kinds of
other feelings. They may partly be polite because they are afraid of drama and
confrontation.
Everyone knows that the English are very restrained. But it doesn’t
prevent them for joking. Humour is widely spread in Britain. However it’s very
dry and ironic. Belarusian humour may be more visual then verbal. Humour
helps people relax and the British understand exactly how important that is.
Humour, however, may conceal our feelings. I quite agree with Sigmund Freud
who said: «Humour helps us express things in a roundabout way». It’s a way of
releasing repression and this is really important for the average British character.
Great Britain is a country of private life. The English sense and feeling for
privacy is notorious. England is the land of brick fences and stone walls (often
with glass embedded along the top), of hedges, of thick draperies at all the
windows, and reluctant introductions, but nothing is stable now. English people
rarely shake hands except when being introduced to someone for the first time.
They hardly ever shake hands with their friends except seeing them after a long
interval or saying goodbye before a long journey.
Much leisure time is spent in individualistic pursuits, of which the most
popular is gardening. Most English people love gardens, their own above all,
and this is probably one reason why so many people prefer to live in houses
rather than flats.
The British people are the world's greatest tea drinkers. They drink a
quarter of all the tea grown in the world each year. Many of them drink tea on at
least eight different occasions during the day.
The working people of Britain have had a long tradition of democracy, not
so much in the sense of creating formal institutions, but in the active sense of
popular cooperation to uphold the will of the people.
An English man isn’t so looped on money and work as Belarusians are.
The English value their personal life and their homes. That is why, as I can see,
they like gardening and pets.
A cat or a dog in England is a favourite member of the family. The
English say: «If you are walking with a friend – you can keep silent, but if you
are walking with a dog – you should talk». This saying illustrates the
relationships between the British and their pets. In Britain animals never
perform in circuses. The English are afraid that animals may feel embarrassed in
7 the circus arena. It sounds strange for us. Most Belarusians also have pets, we
treat them kindly, but we love them realizing that they are just animals.
Englishmen tend to be rather conservative, they love familiar things. They
are hostile, or at least bored, when they hear any suggestion that some
modification of their habits, or the introduction of something new and unknown
into their lives, might be to their advantage. This conservatism, on a national
scale, may be illustrated by reference to the public attitude to the monarchy, an
institution which is held in affection and reverence by nearly all English people.
Britain is supposed to be the land of law and order. Part of the British
sense for law and orderliness is a love of precedent. For an Englishman, the best
of all reasons for doing something in a certain way is that it has always been
done in that way.
I was very interested how the British see us, what are they think about us.
Belarus seems a brutal country for the British. I consider that probably foreign
television, which most of the time shows only our criminality is guilty of that
point of view. But I hope that opinion like this one will soon fade from the
minds of the English.
The thing that really made me glad was the information that the British
consider us to be very stylish, especially as we know that English people are a
little conservative in dress.
Everyone in England knows that Belarusians are well educated, especially
that we are good in Literature. Our classical education is so famous.
The people of Belarus are a kind, friendly and good humoured nation. The
patience and peacefulness of the Belarusian people has been determined by the
nation’s history that has been darkened by endless wars which the Belarusians
did not start, but fell victim to.
Belarus is welcoming to all visitors and interested in sharing its culture,
traditions and sense of community with them. We are very hospitable. We like
enjoying our life, we like dancing, having fun, having strong drinks (which
seems strange to people who always drink beer). And the Belarusians like
foreigners. Maybe we like them because there haven’t been many of them in our
country.
8 Conclusions:
As we have seen, the British and the Belarusians are different, but I
should say that we have some things in common. I found some common
characteristics, such as the wellknown «empire mentality».
Great Britain was once geographically really great and many British
people still think of their land as both great and strong. They still think that the
British are «the best». I can see such a similarity in the Belarus attitude.
We live in a modern world, each of us communicates with different
people. Sometimes they are from different countries. To understand a person,
the motives of behaviour, emotions and feelings, we have to know the culture of
the country where the person we are talking to was born and lives now.
9 While we were writing our research work we used the next literature:
1.
Богданович А. Пережитки древнего миросозерцания у
белорусов. – Мн., 1995.
2. Жыцця адвечны лад: Белорусы. – Мн., 1998.
3.
4.
5.
Лобач У. Этнаграфия Беларуси. – Новополоцк, 2006. – 328 с.
Halloween.\\ Методическая мозаика. – 2004. – №5. – С. 32.
Hood, Bruce M. Supersense – why we believe in the unbelievable,
2009.
2004.
6.
7.
Lachenmeyer, Nathaniel 13 – the world’s most popular superstition,
Schmitt, JeanClaude Ghosts in the Middle Ages – the living and
the dead in Medieval society, 1998.
8.
Steve Roud Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and
Ireland, 2006.
9.
Vyse, Stuart A. Believing in magic – the psychology of
superstition, 1997.
10 You can tell I’m British because……
Supplement 1
11 PEOPLE FROM BRITAIN AND BELARUS: DIFFERENCES
Supplement 2
Britain
In Britain even the richest
peer dresses in some peculiar
rags and the country becomes
dreary.
In Britain if you don’t repeat
the phrase «Lovely day, isn’t
it?» at least two hundred times a
day, you are considered a bit
dull.
In Britain people have good
table manners.
The British never wash
themselves under the stream of
water. They splash in a wash
stand.
The British don’t usually rinse
after the bath, but begin to dry
themselves in the bath foam.
This custom extends to washing
the dishes.
The British seem very kind
and sympathetic. They always
help foreigners find the way to
where they are going.
They just pretend be polite.
They always say «Sorry», but
they don’t really mean it.
Most people in Britain work a
fiveday week, from Monday to
Friday;
schools,
colleges
and
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Belarus
In Belarus even the poorest
person puts on his best suit, tries
to look respectable, and at the
same time the life of the country
becomes gay and cheerful.
In Belarus there is one topic
which should be avoided – the
weather.
In Belarus people have good
food.
In Belarus people wash
themselves under the stream of
water
In Belarus people usually
rinse after the bath.
This custom extends to
washing the dishes.
In Belarus we behave in
another way. If we are in a bad
mood, we don’t smile at
everyone.
Our feelings and emotions are
often seen in our faces.
Most people in Belarus work a
sixday week, from Monday to
Saturday;
schools,
colleges
and universities are also opened on
Saturdays.
Belarusian humour may be
more visual then verbal.
Most Belarusians also have
pets, we treat them kindly, but we
love them realizing that they are
just animals.
universities are also closed on
Saturdays and Sundays.
Humour is widely spread in
Britain. It’s very dry and ironic.
A cat or a dog in England is a
favourite member of the family.
The English say: «If you are
walking with a friend – you can
keep silent, but if you are
walking with a dog – you should
talk.
In Britain animals never
perform in circuses. The English
are afraid that animals may feel
embarrassed in the circus arena.
It sounds strange for us.
13 Supplement 3
British consider us to be…
stylish,
well educated, especially that we are good in Literature. Our
classical education is so famous.
The people of Belarus are a kind, friendly and good humoured
nation.
The patience and peacefulness of the Belarusian people has been
determined by the nation’s history that has been darkened by
endless wars which the Belarusians did not start, but fell victim to.
Belarus is welcoming to all visitors and interested in sharing its
culture, traditions and sense of community with them.
We are very hospitable.
We like enjoying our life, we like dancing, having fun, having
strong drinks (which seems strange to people who always drink
beer).
And the Belarusians like foreigners. Maybe we like them because
there haven’t been many of them in our country.
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