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Tag Archives: Canada
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 624
Canada vacation So, I think I’ve been to Canada three times before in my life, because in the 1970s half of my family decided to emigrate there. My mother took my brother and I on a six week East to … Continue reading
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 582
Expat Musings Well, less then five months to go in the USA, folks. The bucket list is in full swing and it’s hard not to focus on making things happen in the UK for our return. My latest interview with Your … Continue reading
Posted in expat life, expats, Travel
Tagged America, Americans, British, bucket list, Canada, expat life, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Italy, Ivanka Di Felice, life abroad, repatriation, Travel, Tuscany, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 504
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
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Tagged accents, American, American accent, Americans, author, British, British accent, Canada, floods, gloucestershire, gooseberries, Gumdrop Rally, hedgehogs, hocoblogs@@@, school, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 385
I am over winter. Thank you Uncle Sam, you can keep your snowy East Coast winters. That is all. The BritChick Meet the ‘BritChick’ (great name!), aka Bex Saunders. She is a very British girl, living in Canada. I like … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, bleeding Nora, Bradley Cooper mini, Britain, BritChick, British, British sense of humour, Canada, chuffing, Culture, England, English, expat, expats, French, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, Nova Scotia, pubs, snow, social media, spring, swimming, Toronto, Travel, UK, Uncle Sam, USA, weather, winter
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 361
Say Uncle! What does this mean? Apparently, with the recent snow storm, folks here in the USA are commenting that you’ve just got to say ‘Uncle’ and be done with it. I don’t know what you’re on about! (Or, at … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, Agatha Christie, America, American, Americans, arts, beaches, Blog, boarding school, Britain, British, British fashion, British humour, Canada, expat, expats, fish and chips, hocoblogs@@@, Kenneth Williams, lifestyle, Mallory Towers, Oooh Matron!, Prince Charles, quintessentially British, Say Uncle!, sense of humour, theatre, traditions, UK, United States, USA, Wimbledon
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 322
The Littlest Hobo ‘Sometimes we expats are like the Littlest Hobo.’ Those are the words we uttered to our American friends, whilst musing about the fact that we expats never really seem to ‘settle down’ anywhere. They looked at us … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, Canada, Canadian, Culture, dogs, Expats Blog, German Shepherd, hocoblogs@@@, Lassie, lifestyle, The Littlest Hobo, tv shows, UK, USA
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