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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 403
Weird Americans, weird Brits There’s been a bit of America-bashing going on over the Interweb recently. Articles like this one*, where the writer, when amusing herself with the fact that some Brits are only ‘somewhat proud’ of our country, reflects … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American flag, American national anthem, Americans, Austin, Blog, Britain, British, British pride, Common Core, Culture, England, English, expat, God Save the Queen, hocoblogs@@@, jubilee, lifestyle, Pledge of Allegiance, Queen, royal family, squirty cheese, St George's Cross, tipping, toilet doors, UK, Union flag, USA, weird
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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 400
400 posts! Holy cow, that’s a lot of writing. Fact. British eccentricity I wrote a piece recently about how the British liked to take their clothes off a lot at sporting events. I’m told this also happens in America at … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British eccentricity, Culture, drive up banking, England, Erica Roe, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Mr Bean, racism, streaking, 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 396
Earls and Dukes So, as you know, I am performing in a Shakespeare play in America-land. Last night the director was discussing the role of Paris and likened him to an Earl in the English class system. ‘Claire,’ he asked … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, America, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, class system England, Culture, DC, diversity, florida, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, NYC, Paris, Paul Rudd, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, social butterfly, South Carolina, Southern Girl in the City, Thoughts, UK, USA, Washington DC
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 394
Austin, Texas I like to think I’m a little quirky, dress a little differently and wotnot. But in Austin, I felt pretty normal and, shock horror, conservative. Austin stood out because of its eccentricities, and very proud of them the … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th Street, America, American, Americans, Austin, Austin art, Austin bats, Austin fashion, Austin music, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, British music, Culture, dreadlocks, expat, Glastonbury, Greggs the bakers, hailstorm, hocoblogs@@@, Keep Austin Weird, kooky Austin, lifestyle, maryland, quirky Austin, suit, Texas, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 393
British Pub I forgot to mention the British pub in San Antonio in the last blog chapter. There it was on the riverwalk, complete with British bulldog, post box and….girls in short skirts and knee-high socks and black boots. For … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Billy Bob, Blog, Britain, British, British bulldog, British pub, clubbing, country music, cowboy hat, cowboys, Coyote Ugly, Culture, England, expats, Gruene, hocoblogs@@@, lasso, Marks and Spencers, pub, riverwalk, rock n roll, San Antonio, Texas, Tom Gillam Kosmic Messengers, trilby hat, UK, USA
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