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Tag Archives: American
And we’re back…
We’ve arrived back in Blighty. There is something oddly normal about arriving back in England with all that you know. No one’s commenting on our accents, Steve Wright’s playing Sunday Love Songs on Radio 2, we took the lift – not the elevator, I didn’t have … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 630
Happy 4th July It seems apt that my final blog post here in the USA on this blog happens on the eve of 4th July. You know, the day before the day back in history when the Brits got walloped … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, American dream, bloggers, blogging, blogs, Britain, British, British American differences, British customs, England, English, expat British, expat life, expats, fearlessness, Howard County, lifestyle, Maryland, Repatriation, Travel, Travel, UK, USA
Tagged America, American, American independence, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, Columbia, Culture, Desperate Housewife: From America to England, English, expat, expat life, expats, From America to England, Global Living Magazine, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Independence Day, July 4th, lifestyle, repatrat, Travel, UK, UK DesperateHousewife USA, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 629
Things about the USA that I won’t miss and things that America should adopt from the UK or just get rid of America, USA, The U.S, Uncle Sam – I loves ya, you know I do, but having been here … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, blogging, Britain, British, British American differences, British customs, culture, England, expat, expat British, expat life, expats, Travel
Tagged #hocomd, America, American, American and British differences, American history, American problems, Americans, blogging, Boxing Day, Britain, British, Columbia MD, commercials, driving, England, expat, expat life, hocoblogs@@@, holidays, July 4th, maryland, roundabouts, soda, TV, UK, Uncle Sam, underaking
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 628
UK vs USA: the final list! This is a tongue-in-cheek summary over a couple of blog posts about what I love about America, or what gets my British back up, and what I think it should adopt from the UK … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, Britain, British, British American differences, British customs, expat life, Travel
Tagged America, American, American culture, American history, baseball, Britain, British, brunch, Culture, expat, food, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, hugging, Politics, positivity, solo cups, tailgating, Thanksgiving, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 627
Curiouser and curiouser Harry is becoming more and more curious about England. He remembers snippets of it, and mostly very romanticised, but he also picks up on what other people say about it. Recently he’s been asking questions and making … Continue reading
Posted in American, blogging, Britain, British American differences, British customs, culture, expat life, Repatriation, UK, USA
Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, blogging, Britain, British, British accent, British American differenes, British summer, CHiPs, crisps, English words, expat, hocoblogs@@@
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 626
Discovering Maryland My heart sinks a little when I realise how much more there is to discover still in this little East Coast paradise that is Maryland. The wineries, the beaches, the hiking trails, the coast line, and so much more … Continue reading
Posted in American, bloggers, blogging, blogs, Britain, British, British American differences, British customs, Travel
Tagged #travelMD, @MDbloggerbash, America, American, Americans, Annapolis, Blog, blogging, British, British accent, expat, expat life, Fox 45 news, hocoblogs@@@, maryland, rain, Travel, UK, UK DesperateHousewife USA, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 625
Twirly-wirly padlocks Let me tell you a little story about me and the twirly-wirly American padlock. Every Friday I work at a gym that has a locked cabinet that contains the stereo. Every Friday I have to do the combination on … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, British, British American differences, expat, UK
Tagged America, American, Blog, blogging, British, expat, expat life, Fox 45, From America to England, high school, hocoblogs@@@, padlocks, summer, Travel, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 623
The American Yard Sale Well, Yard Sale’s aren’t just a thing here – they are A Thing! Like A Big Thing. I think I underestimated what A Big Thing they are in Americaland. Holy wow, there are some sure-fired yard … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, blogging, Britain, British, British American differences, Canada
Tagged America, American, American words, Blog, British, British fishwife, British words, Canada, Canadian American differences, England, English, hocoblogs@@@, mooching, Ottawa, UK, USA, yard sale
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 622
My Americanisms The other day I emailed my British chum to ask for her ‘cell phone number’. How she must have laughed. ‘Of course, she means ‘mobile phone’, silly thing with her funny Americanisms,’ thought she. This will happen a … Continue reading
Posted in American, British, British American differences, expat, expat life
Tagged America, American, Americanisms, British, expat, Lost in the Pond
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 621
The school tie Oh lordy, I’ve found out that young Mr McGill definitely does have to wear a school tie to his new junior school in Englandland. This is going to severely test my parenting skills. My question is this: … Continue reading
Posted in American, British American differences, England, expat, Repatriation
Tagged America, American, Americans, British, Common Core, England, expat, expat life, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, math, repatriation, school, school uniform, schools, UK, UK school, USA, USA school
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