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Tag Archives: American English
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 419
Today in America This: Oh. My. Gawdness. This: I caused a traffic jam on the 32 in Howard County rescuing three groundhogs sat in the middle of the road. One went off in the other direction and I thought I … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American English, Americans, Britain, British, British English, Culture, England, expat, expats, groundhogs, guns, hocoblogs@@@, hocohomos, Howard County, language, Montana, Papa John, pizza, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 418
The heat is on I don’t really have much to say about life in America except that it is now V HOT AND STICKY. Hoorah! 🙂 Snogging/making out This is true fact: USA folk: you make out. We Brits ‘snog’. … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 380
Tales of America The wonder and beauty of the Interweb is that I am able to connect with Brits and Americans all over the place. Obviously, since I live in America, it is most excellent that they are based in … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American English, Americans, Anna Nicole Smith, Austin Powers, Blade, Blog, Brad Pitt, Britain, British, British English, British humour, Calabasas, California, celebrity teeth, Culture, cup of tea, driving, Dutch, Eddie Izzard, England, English, expat, expats, football, herbs, indicating, Interview with a Vampire, language, lifestyle, Lionel Messi, London, Los Angeles, Nebraska, pint, San Fernando Valley, Scotland, Shepherd's Pie, teeth, Thoughts, UK, USA, Wolf of Wall Street
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 375
Cheeky buggers! Oooh, my American chums are being right cheeky buggers, messing with my head. I used a phrase today ‘get cracking’ (as in, ‘Yes, I will get cracking with that’ – to start doing something quickly) and I asked … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American English, Americans, belly, Blog, Bohemian Rhapsody, bottom, Britain, British, British English, butt, cheeky buggers, Culture, driving, England, English, expat, get cracking, Her Majesty's Pleasure, Highway Code, highways, hocoblogs@@@, language, lifestyle, overtaking, semantics, Thoughts, tummy, UK, UK freeways, undertaking, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 365
Two nations divided by a common language George Bernard Shaw was correct when he said/wrote that line. (Some think it was Oscar Wilde who said it, and as much as I love that dude, I’m pretty convinced it was GBS.) … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American English, Americans, Britain, British, British English, Columbia, Culture, driving, England, English language, expat, George Bernard Shaw, hocoblogs@@@, indicators, ladder, larder, Oscar Wilde, pantry, Thoughts, turn signals, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 332
Damn, it’s cold! Right, so it’s going to get very cold in the USA. Like super cold. Like freezing your wotsits off cold. Like don’t even think about reaching for the Daisy Dukes cold. Apparently some of the coldest air … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American English, Americans, bathroom, Britain, British, British English, cars, cold, Culture, customised tags, elevators, English, Eskimos, expat, freezing, hocoblogs@@@, language, loo, pocket book, purse, snow, snow day, toilet, UK, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 260
Girl Scout Cookie time It’s Girl Scout Cookie time! Yeah! During this season you cannot go round to someone’s house who has a daughter without being knobbled to buy some, because chances are she is in the girl scouts and … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American English, Americans, beer, Blog, Britain, British, British English, Brownies, Culture, Degrassi High, expat, Fame, Girl Guides, Girl Scout cookies, Girl Scouts, hocoblogs@@@, humour, language, leadership, lifestyle, Pat a cake, pronunication, skills, Thoughts, UK, USA
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