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Tag Archives: accents
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 114
A key dilemma So, I needed to get a key cut today (no, don’t yawn…). But could I bloody well find anywhere that in my ‘UK’ head might cut keys….? Nope. I Googled all sorts of key-cutting combinations and I … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, bloggers, British, cobblers, Columbia, communities, Culture, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, hocofood@@@, Howard County, Kendalls Hardware store, keys, lifestyle, mannequins, margarita, maryland, Mexican food, Timpsons, Travel, Twitter, UK, USA, Xitomate
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 110
Everyone needs to meet a Ken When you talk to someone in the queue for an ice-cream, remember that that person might just be a good person to know! This is Ken McNaughton, whom I met in the ice-cream queue … Continue reading
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Tagged 5K, accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, Boston Marathon, British, Culture, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, imdb.com, John Adams, Ken McNaughton, lifestyle, maryland, Maryland Lottery, National Anthem, Orioles, radiators, Ravens, Star Spangled Banner, UK, USA, What's the time Mr Wolf
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 103
How NOT to do drive-up banking So, drive-up banking is, as I have declared before – BLOODY BRILLIANT. I love it! When people come to stay I just want to show them drive-up banking, so even the smallest amount of … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, baseball, Blog, British, Columbia, Dallas, drive up banking, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Jackie Robinson, lifestyle, maryland, nail salon, Patrick Duffy, The People's Court, The View, Thoughts, Travel, TV, UK, USA, walking, weather, Whoopie Goldberg
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 89
St Patrick’s Day What I love about America is their capacity to party about ANYTHING. Of course, there is the age-old joke about everyone in the States having a claim to Irish heritage. After all, we’ve all seen Far and … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 88
A year since I visited…. I visited this nation exactly one year ago for five whole days in order to get a look at the area, the schools, the location, the facilities, and, of course, the mall. I remember saying … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Columbia, Culture, cup of tea, Deep Fried Oreos, driving, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, home, homesick, Howard County, July 4th, lifestyle, mall, maryland, Mother's Day, politeness, restrooms, Smitten by Britain, St George's Day, St Patrick's Day, sunshine, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 86
‘As the actress said to the bishop….’ vs ‘That’s what she said…..’ versus So, if you know me well, or even if you’ve only met me for half an hour, you will know I have a penchant for innuendo. How … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, As the actress said to the bishop, boxing, British, Carry On films, funny, hocoblogs@@@, humor, humour, innuendo, Jack Dee, Jimmy Kimmel, laughter, People, Steve Carell, That's what she said, The Office, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 85
Rock the blog party! So, I’m guessing many people are asking, what on earth is a blog party? Valid question – I asked myself the same thing. Many of us may be guilty of perceiving bloggers as geeks (okay, some … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, blog party, British, Claire, Columbia, Culture, cup of tea, expats, fish and chips, football, hocoblogs@@@, language, Lemsip, lifestyle, maryland, People, phone booths, phone boxes, pissed, pissed off, pronunciation, pubs, rain, soccer, Ta of Sexology, UK, Union Jacks, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 83
Dunkin’ Donuts Today I took my son to Dunkin’ Donuts for breakfast. Don’t judge me. Dammit, now I feel the need to justify this. So, he had been a little off colour all week and deserved a chocolate, sugar-laden treat. … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Culture, Dunkin' Donuts, Evening in the Stacks, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Jack Diamond, Jack Diamond Morning Show, juice box, lifestyle, mailbox, mailman, maryland, No No Hair removal system, post, postman, Sparkles and Spurs, swearing, teenager shot, Thoughts, Travel, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 81
Bunco! Well, yet another virgin experience taken in much excitement last night – my first Bunco game. I had no idea what Bunco was before my lovely friend Sahar invited me to be part of a Bunco game. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, booze, British, Bunco, cards, Culture, dice, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, pretzels, Real Housewives of Orange County, Thoughts, Travel, TV, UK, USA, Valentines
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