Why the english call it the channel the English channel when th efrench calls it the channel?

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Bender tordeur rodriguez

I'm french and I think the same thing
I don't why they call like this their channel

"we dont do duvets"...

You know us were very territorial if Britain was a dog it would p*ss over everything to mark it's territory !!

old know all

The English call it the English channel because we used to own both sides of it. We had to give back Calais. The French call it "the sleeve".

Lucky67

What you call the English channel, we french call it La Manche.

paul m

as old know it all said, "La Manche" is the sleeve.
you could always ask why do we call it a dog and the french call it un chien. those cunning devils with their diferent words

Scouse

The French actually call it the sleeve.
English Channel because the Royal Navy dominated it for over a century.

The North sea was known as the German Sea until after the first World War

nectar_pepsi

It's just two different names. Don't get your knickers in a twist. And the french call it "The Sleeve" actually.

ronald575715

because we couldnt think of anything else to call it.

Brian C

The same reason why we English call condoms "French Letters" and the French call them "Condom d'Anglais"

English channel this side La Manche French side

TATRAFAN

THE FRENCH CALL IT LA MANCHE ( THE SLEEVE)

Gerry Atrix

The French call it La Manche.
But we owned both sides of it once so finders keepers.

Jadore

Because we view it as belonging to us.
Typical English, stick your name on it and after a while stake a claim. lol

Tango

Because it is south of England and not in France. Thus English Channel.

Ken B

Becoz it is what stops us from becoming French (or German)

Darren J

It's always been connected to us by name. From the 2nd Century it was known as the British Sea. It became the English Channel in the 16th Century.

im an er

ive been tango ode my tango he took my answer

Right Guard

Because the English aren't about to yield the last bastion of occupation of France after the loss of Calais, and the French aren't about to acknowledge English domination.

BigD

Just another example of the English superiority complex the same as the FA, the RFU as if they are the only ones in the world.

fiona

Since when do we have to follow what the French do?

If it wasn't for Britian, France would have been part of the German Empire in 1914 or, still, part of the Thousand Year Nazi Reich. The French are certainly not a nation to be held in high esteem by anyone.

suziejoy

they accnowlage that its there but not who it belongs to they hate us you know

ella,UK

cuz we are English and the french..don't know what they're talking about

fabrutus

Because the frogs don't like to acknowledge that anything is English. They are in denial about the dilution of their culture and language, and the fact they have been whooped by almost every other country in Europe. In short, they have a massively over-compensated inferiority complex!

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