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I've asked my English friend if they call Great Britain foggy Albion. He said no, they don't. I can't believe it:) Have you ever heard this name for Great Britain?
Jul 20, 2021 4:43 PM
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I think foggy refers to the weather and Albion is an old, poetic name for Great Britain. To use it together, I don't think native English speakers do that, perhaps it's translated from another language :) Ah, Максим has solved the mystery, so it is from Russian. Thank you! :)
July 21, 2021
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I had no idea that Albion was a name for Britain. I am a native English speaker, but I am not British. I just thought I would add that so you see that even native speakers don’t understand some things. 😊
July 20, 2021
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It is literary.
July 20, 2021
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Albion is a historic, poetic name for Britain. It makes sense, but isn’t current English.
July 20, 2021
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Hi, Aud! Let me, Russian, write to you, Russian, in English lang. 🤣 Britannia really can be called Albion. And Britannia is an old name for the UK. So far Albion is a metaphorical name for the UK. It can be used in poems, for instance. The thing is that FOGGY Albion is Russian expression. Yeah, the UK is a foggy country. There is even an expression "pea soup fog". Pea soup fog (aka pea soup) is a very thick and often yellowish, greenish or blackish fog. That's why we, Russian, often call the UK the Foggy Albion (also metaphorically). Nevertheless the British never use this expression referring to their country. I learnt these facts in the book "Britain. The country and its people" by James O'Driscoll. You can find its free version on the Internet.
July 20, 2021
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