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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 482
Creatives award A piece that my lovely friend Kate Evans and I put together for Global Living Magazine about her expat experience in Botswana and the difficulty of coming back home has won a ‘creatives’ award. How lovely! See the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American football, Americans, Baltimore Ravens, Blog, British, Confederate flag, Creatives Alice Award, crosswalks, Culture, Displaced Nation, Dr Kate Evans, driving, English, Europe, expat, expats, Global Living Magazine, high school, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Ken Ulman, lifestyle, pedestrian crossings, Ray Rice, UK, USA, walking
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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 479
On the telly! Well, Desperados, I had my USA TV debut last night and in case you missed it, here are some shots from the show, Investigation Discovery’s Season 3 episode, Blood Ties, where I play a cop! If you … Continue reading
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Tagged 1812, Alexandria, America, American, American independence, Americans, Blog, Blood ties, Britain, British, British American relations, British Embassy, bucket list, cricket, DC, England, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, House of Cards, ID season 3, Investigation Discovery, sailing, tug of war, UK, USA, Virginia
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 478
Upsetting the Ravens fans… In Maryland I know a lot of Ravens football fans. They are generally horrified at this account that took place in our home this week. 😉 #sorrynotsorry Husband: Harry, I got us tickets to see the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, baseball, Blog, Britain, British, cops, Culture, English, expats, football, Global Living Magazine, gun safety, gun violence, guns, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, maryland, Orioles, Ravens, reverse culture shock, Steelers, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 477
My name American-stylie American woman to me: ‘What’s your name?’ ‘Claire.’ ‘How do you spell that?’ ‘C-L-A-I-R-E’ ‘Oh…Claire! That’s my middle name!’ ‘Oh ha ha! How do you say it then?’ ‘I say it Clay-air. I am from the South, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, Blood ties, Britain, British, Chaz Higgs, cop, Dallas, Deadly Affairs, English, expat, firefighters, hocoblogs@@@, Investigation Discovery, Kathy Augustine, pronunciation, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 476
How Brits celebrate Labor Day Labor Day in the USA is like the Bank Holibobs in the UK. So, how do we Brits celebrate it? Playing a traditional British sport, of course. Cricket, with rain intervals, naturally. Welcome Fall It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Autumn, Bank Holidays, Britain, British, bucket list, cricket, Culture, England, English, expat, fall, hocoblogs@@@, holibobs, Labor Day, maryland, repatriation, tradition, UK, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 475
Homecoming! Apparently, it’s nearly time for Homecoming in the US high schools. Despite hearing this phrase a lot in movies and wot not, I don’t actually know what this means, since we don’t have it in the UK. It means … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American food, American traditions, Americans, British, Buffalo wings, chicken wings, Culture, high school, hocoblogs@@@, homecoming, homecoming dance, Old Bay Spice, Teressa Bellissimo, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 474
Footie podcast The dulcet, and very British, tones of the UK Desperate Housewife USA have been used to introduce a very funny footie podcast called Canons and Cockerels. Smashing! Do check it out here! 🙂 Annapolis I can’t express how … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American high schools, American history, Americans, Annapolis, Britain, British, British accent, Canons and Cockerels podcast, Culture, English, football, Governor of Maryland, high school, history, hocoblogs@@@, hocohomos, Martin O'Malley, maryland, soccer, UK, USA, weather, wreaths
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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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