Tag Archives: accents

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 180

Posted on July 18, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Flippin’ Nora! I love that British phrase. I used it today, as in ‘Flippin’ Nora, it’s hot and I love it!’ (We’re hitting on 98 degrees this week and I’m having a hard time sweating it out by the pool … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 179

Posted on July 17, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Hot in the UK! Proof! Coming to the the USA A lot of Brits come and go in the USA, but makes them stay? Judy Ratner fell in love with an American and that was her passport to an all-new … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 178

Posted on July 17, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Guns…. Oh, guns. This tweet was forwarded to me by an American friend today and it reads thus: Trying to explain our gun situation to people in other countries is like trying to explain Hitler to dogs. We Brits don’t … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 177

Posted on July 15, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Aussies in the USA Well, bung a shrimp on the barbie and get me a cold one, there’s only some Aussies hanging out in the USA! Jane found my blog whilst doing her research about Columbia, Maryland in anticipation of … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 176

Posted on July 15, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Funny fanny? Ok, let’s be clear about this. In the USA, ‘fanny’ means bottom or backside, and is an acceptable term. In the UK, ‘fanny’ means something else, which I had to explain a couple of times yesterday to my … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 175

Posted on July 14, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

I love a cowboy I do. I love a cowboy, a cowboy show, shootout and all the cowboy paraphenalia. Cowboys are so….so American. They say: we’re strong and rugged individuals who don’t wince at pain and can move cattle and … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 173

Posted on July 11, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Brits in the USA There are a lot of us Brits in the USA. It’s funny how our paths cross, either in person or online. And we do drink tea at every opportunity, that is certainly correct. A girl also … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 172

Posted on July 11, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

American bands In the UK I haven’t seen many bands with the enthusiasm of this teenage band that I saw outside the Howard County Library Miller Branch (the celebrations were about the Howard County Library System winning Library of the … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 153

Posted on June 19, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Country songs I’ve been listening to a lot of country music recently in America-land and I love it! What gets me is the stories in them and they are pretty chirpy most of the time. Best of all, I love … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 146

Posted on June 9, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Honestly, what’s the HonFest? HonFest is a new-fangled thing to me, being British. I’d spent that last couple of weeks telling people I was going to HonFest, pronouncing the Hon’ as in in ‘honest’. Wrong! It’s ‘Hon’ as in ‘honey’, … Continue reading →