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Tag Archives: accents
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 508
Today in America I realised that I can’t get used to calling ‘kitchen roll‘ paper towel. I learned that whilst we Brits call this thing -1 ‘minus 1’, Americans call it ‘negative 1’. I learned that American Fall can be … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American accent, Britain, British, British accent, British food, Christmas, English, fall, Great Britain, Guy Fawkes, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, King Henry VIII, Lancashire hotpot, London, London Dungeon, pasty, Thanksgiving, Trafalgar Square, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 506
Dates USA style Oh, I can’t do this month/day/year thing that Americans do. I can’t. It just feels muddled in my British head. Harry has been taught at school to write the date this way, and when I told him … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American toilet doors, Britain, British, British accent, British toilets, civil war, day, England, gloucestershire, hocoblogs@@@, London, Travel, UK, Union flag, Union Jack, USA, USA date
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 504
American school date This week I went into Harry’s USA school to read my children’s book ‘The Adventures of Gumdrop Rally‘ to his class. You can find my book here. (And top marks to the folks who buy it on … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, American, American accent, Americans, author, British, British accent, Canada, floods, gloucestershire, gooseberries, Gumdrop Rally, hedgehogs, hocoblogs@@@, school, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 501
Rennfest The Renaissance Festival: medieval merriment like only the Americans know how. Do we have this sort of thing in the UK, they ask. Not really, unless you count a few Forest of Dean folk pretending to make blankets out … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British accent, Culture, dancing, Dancing with the Stars, England, English, expat, expats, Game of Thrones, hocoblogs@@@, La Blast, lifestyle, louis van amstel, medeival, Obama, Renaissance Festival, Strictly Come Dancing, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 500
Politico stuff Someone the other day asked me why I get involved and support the American politico stuff when I can’t vote. I said to them, that whilst I can’t raise a dolphin, I can do stuff to support it … Continue reading
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Tagged #hocopolitics #hocomd, accents, adult phoneline, America, American, American politics, Americans, Anthony Brown, Britain, British, British accent, Calvin Ball, Columbia MD, Courtney Watson, Culture, Downtown Columbia, English, expat, fall, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Ken Ulman, Lake Kittamaqundi, maryland, political campaigns, Politics, Thoughts, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 496
American accents – blurred lines! I keep getting comments about my TV news appearance from folks in the UK saying I sound really American! What???!!! I donned my best British accent for that piece! I suspect there are a few … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, American, American accent, Americans, Baltimore, Becky Martin, Britain, British, British accent, Chris Addison, Culture, Dallas, Downtown Baltimore, England, English, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, maryland, Orioles, Peep Show, Sue Ellen, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Thick of It, Travel, UK, USA, Veep
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 484
Scotland and America I’ve heard a little rumour that if Scotland decide they don’t want to be part of the UK anymore then America might quite like to take their place. I’m not quite sure how the logistics of this … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, British accent, California, Culture, England, English, expat, Fort McHenry, hocoblogs@@@, John Denver Christmas Special, lifestyle, maryland, Socttish independence, Star Spangled Banner, Texas, UK, United Kingdon, USA, War of 1812
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 481
How to be British An American friend asked me if her British accent passed muster the other day. It was pretty good. She said she had found a site about being British and she would attempt to pass herself off … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, African-American, America, American, Americans, Baltimore Post Examiner, Blog, Britain, British, British accent, British language, England, English, hocoblogs@@@, homesick, Lie back and think of England, lifestyle, New Orleans, Ruby Bridges, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 472
A blog post dedicated to all the ‘Randy’ men There are a lot of men called ‘Randy’ in the USA. I don’t think there are many men at all called ‘Randy’ in the UK. This is probably due to the … Continue reading
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