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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 336
Brits subtitled My British friend here in the USA mentioned that she sat down to watch the telly last night and (don’t judge her for this) there was a programme on called Party On on the E! Channel. Yes, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Being Liverpool, Britain, British, Cheryl Cole, Culture, E! Channel, expat, freezing rain, Geordie, hocoblogs@@@, Irish, language, lifestyle, Liverpool, Party On, school delay, Scouse, subtitles, The Saturdays, The Wire, Thoughts, TV, TV audiences, weather, X factor
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 335
The state I live in This refers to the actual geographical state I live in, not the kind of psychological state I live in. So, this state is Maryland and there’s been a lot of recent banter (read as ‘social … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 calendar, America, American, Americans, Annapolis, Baltimore, baseball, Bay Bridge, Blog, Britain, British, Cal Ripken Jr, California, crabs, Culture, Hairspray, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, jousting, lacrosse, lifestyle, maryland, Mason-Dixon line, Old Bay, Orioles, Ravens, Renaissance Festival, South Carolina, Travel, UK, USA, Washington, Washington State
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 334
Reaching out… Recently I’ve heard the term ‘reaching out’ a lot in America-land. ‘Thanks for reaching out, we appreciate it.’ ‘I’m reaching out to see if anyone knows anyone who sharpens knives and tools.’ (Yes that is a real one … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 333
The accent thing Question: who has the ‘accent’? The Brits or the Americans? I don’t know and I don’t mind – I love accents, regardless. They are a cultural pleasure and they are part of our identity. Though, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Britain, British, British language, British TV, Culture, Del Boy, Downton Abbey, expat, history, hocoblogs@@@, numpty, Only Fools and Horses, plonker, Politics, Rodney, season 4 premiere, UK, USA, words
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 332
Damn, it’s cold! Right, so it’s going to get very cold in the USA. Like super cold. Like freezing your wotsits off cold. Like don’t even think about reaching for the Daisy Dukes cold. Apparently some of the coldest air … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American English, Americans, bathroom, Britain, British, British English, cars, cold, Culture, customised tags, elevators, English, Eskimos, expat, freezing, hocoblogs@@@, language, loo, pocket book, purse, snow, snow day, toilet, UK, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 331
Dope in Colorado So you can now buy marijuana in Colorado legally. Sometimes I get very confused about laws in the States – one rule in one place, one in the other. Like driving and guns and marriage and wotnot … Continue reading
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Tagged AKA47, Alabama, America, American, Americans, Boston, British, Colorado, Culture, Denver, guns, hocoblogs@@@, KUSA-TV, Kyle Clark, legal dope, marijuana in Colorado, news anchor, patio furniture, Sean Azzariti, snow pictures, snow storm, UK, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 330
Heading out west The UK Desperate Housewife has a plan and that plan is to hit the West Coast of the USA this year. San Fran, LA, Grand Canyon, Vegas etc. Woopie! The thing that I am looking forward to … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, Boston, Britain, British, Culture, Daisy Dukes, east coast, England, expat, Facebook, hocoblogs@@@, LA, Las Vegas, Latin, lifestyle, Mark Zuckerberg, patriotism, San Francisco, Travel, UK, USA, Wall Street, West Coast
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 329
Sweet Home Alabama This is my fave song ever (apart from Don’t Stop Believing and Your Song and Sympathy for the Devil and Alive and Under the Bridge and With or Without You and many others, but for this purpose, … Continue reading
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Tagged Algonquian, America, American, Americans, Blog, Bradford County, Britain, British, Culture, Deliverance, expat, fishing and hunting, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, main street, new year, Norfolk, Pennsylv, poolies, Susquehanna River, Sweet Home Alabama, Towanda, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 328
The Christmas Break So, what has the UK Desperate Housewife UK been up to over Christmas week? Taking in a lot of American history, don’t ya know. And pondering about what makes American people American, and what made them not … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American history, American people, American Revolution, Americans, Bradford on Avon, Britain, British, chocolate milk, Christmas, cockney, Colonial, Culture, driving, England, English, expat, history, hocoblogs@@@, Jamestown, King George, McDonalds, Native American Indians, natives, Norfolk, rain, Thoughts, UK, USA, Virginia, Virginia Beach, War of Independence, weather, Williamsburg, Yorktown
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