Tag Archives: British

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 513

Posted on November 4, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Election Day It’s Election Day in the USA! 🙂 Hooray! Which means the schools are closed. 😦 Boo! Nonetheless, folks are out voting here in Columbia, MD. This is what Harry’s school looks like today… The best bit about going … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American elections, British, British humour, coincidence, Columbia, Election day, England, expat, Expat blog, expats, Fifty Shades of Grey, hocoblogs@@@, maryland, MD, Nicole Bormel Miller, One Direction, Rule the World, Take That, Travel, USA, voting in America | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 512

Posted on November 3, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

My Expat Blog Interview I haven’t done a little expat interview for a while, but this one was pretty darn fun to do. Some enticing extracts for you! ‘I had a nagging fascination with things like Glee, Miami Vice, Fame, … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 511

Posted on November 1, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Taking the piss UK style How we Brits love to take the piss out of each other, out of events, out of everyone else, and out of ourselves. ‘Taking the piss – one of the things Americans find hardest about … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged American, American comedy, American humor, British, British humour, comedy, English, expat, hocoblogs@@@, irony, Ricky Gervais, sarcasm, sarcastic, taking the piss, UK, USA | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 510

Posted on November 1, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

See ya Halloween Well, that’s it. Halloween is over. Next up: Thanksgiving. It feels like from Halloween to New Year it’s just a bunch of partying and eating in America-land! I have decided that everyone should really dress up as … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, Americans, Arundel, Britain, British, Buckingham Palace, dressing up, England, English, ginger beer, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, Lancaster, Lancaster Castle, Liverpool, London, Scotland, Scottish independence, Thanksgiving, the Queen, Travel, UK, Union Jack, War of 1812, Washington DC | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 509

Posted on October 29, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Pumpkin carving This is a big deal in America. I shan’t show you my poor effort. It’s just sad. I won’t be entering any competitions, put it that way. But look at these! Amazeballs! Reflections on the UK, part 3 … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, BBC America, Boba Fett, Britain, British, British accent, civil war, Downton Abbey, England, English, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, House of Cards, Kensington Gardens, Leicester, London, pregnant pumpkin carving, pumpkin carving, pumpkins, Revolutionary War, Sherlock, Star Wars, Travel, UK, USA, War of 1812 | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 508

Posted on October 28, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 507

Posted on October 27, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Explaining The Sun’s Page 3 to Americans I can’t really remember how this conversation came about, but when you start explaining (not condoning, just explaining) The Sun’s Page 3 to Americans, which lands on a soft-porn daily basis on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Britain, British, bunny girl, Culture, England, English, expat, expats, Fry and Laurie Halloween, Halloween, Halloween costumes, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, Page 3, The Sun, UK, USA | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 506

Posted on October 27, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 505

Posted on October 26, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Halloween! Oh my, Americans love Halloween and they totally know how to make it a celebration! It’s the dressing up bit that the adults seem to love even more so than the kids. And they rock it 🙂 What amazes … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Blog, British, Britney Spears, expat, expats, Game of Thrones, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, party, Robert Palmer, UK, USA | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 504

Posted on October 24, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →