What's another name for America? What about English?

Uncle Sam and Uncle Sam.

The nickname "Uncle Sam" came into being during the Second American-British War in 18 12. New york Roy has a meat packer named Samuel. Wilson. He is honest and capable, full of entrepreneurial spirit and has great prestige in the local area. People affectionately call him "Uncle Sam". During the war, he served as a quartermaster inspector in new york and New Jersey, responsible for stamping beef barrels and wine barrels for the army.

1812 65438+10 In October, Governor new york showed some people around his processing plant. When they saw the mark of E.A.-U.S on the beef barrel, they asked what it meant. The staff replied that E.A. is the name of an arms contractor and U.S. is the abbreviation of the United States. Coincidentally, the abbreviation of "Uncle Sam" is also U.S., so a worker joked that U.S. is "Uncle Sam". After this interesting story spread, "Uncle Sam" became famous. People call those munitions food "food sent by Uncle Sam". After the War of Independence, a character named "Uncle Sam" began to appear in political cartoons. His prototype is an early cartoon character named "Jonathan Brothers", which was very famous during the American Revolutionary War. Gradually, Uncle Sam replaced Jonathan's brother and became the most popular symbol of Americans.

Americans also regard Uncle Sam's honesty, reliability, diligence and patriotism as the pride and quality of their own nation. Since then, this nickname has spread like wildfire. During the First World War, there was a poster of "Uncle Sam" calling on American youth to become soldiers, which was widely circulated. 196 1 year, the US Congress officially recognized "Uncle Sam" as the national symbol of the United States.

Another name for Britain.

John Bull

18 th century British writer John? Abbosh Nott in "John? Bull, the image created in history, is a stout and stupid gentleman, which is used to satirize the Whig party's war policy at that time. Because "bull" means cow in English, it is translated into "John Bull". And "John? When promoting the book "The History of Bull", people use "John Bull" to address the British. Later, John Bull gradually became a special name for Britain and became a synonym for Britain.