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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 407
Cool American friends A British friend noticed that I had an American friend on Facebook with the surname ‘Kanicki’ ‘That’s just cool,’ she said. ‘Cos of the Grease dude.’ It’s true, that is a very cool name for a friend. … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American healthcare, Americans, axe-murderer, bbc, Blog, Britain, British, California, Culture, England, English, expat, food, Grease, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, James Van Leer, Kenickie, lifestyle, Memphis, movies, NHS, soccer, Thoughts, Transatlantically Speaking, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 406
USA questions of the week ‘Do you celebrate Easter in England?’ I was asked this question yesterday. I nodded. And then I turned around and giggled. ‘Why don’t people walk much round here?’ Where I live not many people go … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 405
USA stuff 😉 Okay, so I debated about putting this in the blog, but it’s been amusing me for some time and so it has to go in. Gents, you might not want to deal with this issue, so feel … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, beach, blogging, Britain, British, British bread, Cadbury's, California, cousins, Culture, cup of tea, England, English, flippin' heck, Greggs, healthcare, hocoblogs@@@, Hollywood, lifestyle, Malls, NHS, restrooms, San Francisco, sanitary bins, Shakespeare, Travel, UK, USA, West Yorkshire
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 404
Getting sick, USA stylie I still don’t get the USA medical system. Fact. Chicken Maryland I live in Maryland, where Chicken Maryland must come from – right? Wrong! ‘The dish known in the UK as Chicken Maryland, popular in the … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Austin, Blog, Britain, British, Chicken Maryland, country music, Culture, cup of tea, Daisy Dukes, England, English, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Keith Richards, KFC, Leeds, lifestyle, maryland, music, New Jersey, radio, rock and roll, Texas, Tom Gillam, Tom Gillam Kosmic Messengers, UK, USA, Wichita
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 402
Sunshine (at last) Well, after two days of Spring, summer’s here on the East Coast, and gloriously hot it was too. It’s warmer than England now, don’t ya know (and bloody right, so it should be – summer’s one of … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Australia, Australian, Britain, British, British problems, colloqualisms, Culture, England, English, hocoblogs@@@, language, lifestyle, spring, summer, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 399
My So-Called Teenage Life in the USA I am a bit fascinated about what it must be like to be a teenager in the USA. Why? Because, quite simply, I grew up as a teenager in the UK and I … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, AS levels, Breakfast Club, Britain, British, cheerleaders, Columbia, Culture, drinking, education, England, English, expat, expats, Gibraltar, Glee, graduation, Grease, high school, high school lockers, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, jocks, lifestyle, marching bands, Politics, proms, school, social, teenagers, UK, UK schools, USA, yellow school bus
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 398
Hanging it all out to dry So, let’s talk dirty laundry, or rather clean laundry. In the UK I had a lovely little garden to go with my lovely little house and at the end of the lovely little garden … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, accents, America, American history, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, church, Columbia, Coronation Street, Culture, DC, England, English, environmentally friendly, history, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Jaffa Cakes, laundry, lifestyle, maryland, Sunday, the Queen, The Royal Family, tumble drier, UK, USA, washing, Washington, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 391
Mommy Dearest My name has changed. There is no longer a ‘u’ in my name, but an ‘o’ instead. Yes, this does break my British-mummy heart, particularly when I am told he was corrected at school by his peers and … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, bbc, Blog, Britain, British, Britishness, California, Culture, English speaking, expats, hocoblogs@@@, language, lifestyle, Los Angeles, Louis Theroux, mommy, mummy, prison, Texas, Travel, UK, USA, Westboro Baptist Church, Wimberley
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 386
Stop press: the English invented baseball Really?! Well, apparently so, according to that ever-truthful newspaper that is the Daily Mail. To be fair the info came from Visit England and it says thus: “Historians believe that the American game of … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 days of school, accents, alcohol, American, Americans, baseball, Blog, Britain, British, British accents, cockney, Culture, cup of tea, English, English inventions, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, Jane Austen, language, lifestyle, maryland, mojito, Orioles, Pi Day, rounders, supermarkets, UK, USA, Visit England, War of 1812
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