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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 305
One of my favourite things One of my very favourite things is to listen to my friend Jeff’s accent here in America. He has, what I can only describe as, a lovely, soft comforting ‘drawl’. His accent is a hybrid … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, Alabama, alien, America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, Culture, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, inclusive, maryland, Mid-Atlantic Southern, Oreo cookie turkeys, smoked turkey, Tennessee, Thanksgiving, Travel, UK, USA, y'all
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 304
So, this morning I had a shower and ate my breakfast….only joking 🙂 Anyway, back to exciting things….. ! I got me a logo! Look, it’s me! Ain’t it brillopads?! Top bloke, Sam Williams did it for me back home … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 302
Thanksgiving in the UK Yes, folks, it has happened. Apparently the UK is ‘doing’ Thanksgiving. This is the report that came back to me direct from the UK yesterday. I don’t get it! Thanksgiving is about American history; it’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged 1863, Abraham Lincoln, America, American, Americans, autumn harvest festival, Blog, bonfire, British, chocolate, civil war, Culture, Dairy Milk, dinner, driving, fireworks, Guy Fawkes, history, hocoblogs@@@, Houses of Parliament, kindergarten, London, November, Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians, restaurants, Tesco, Thanksgiving, tipping, turkey, UK, UK roads, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 301
School buzzers / PTA Okay, so in the UK schools you have to press a buzzer to get in to the school and there are cameras and wot not and you have to sign in and it’s all very security … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, beer pong, blagger, Blog, Britain, British, Clarksville, Columbia, Culture, DC, drinking games, flip cup, guns, hocoblogs@@@, homelessness, Howard County, humour, language, lifestyle, maryland, poverty, PTA, River Hill High School, Sandy Hook, school security, Super Zips, tickets, to blag, UK, USA, Vera Bradley, Washington, Washington Post, wealth, zipcodes
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 299
Small businesses Saturday So, I heard today that there is an event for small businesses in Howard County to promote themselves, particularly in light of the big stores capitalising on the Black Friday retail craziness. Saturday 30 November is the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Journey from Junk, America, American, Americans, Black Friday, Brillopads, Britain, British, Christmas crackers, Christmas dinner table, Columbia, crackers, Culture, Ellicott City, expat, Greenberries, high street, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, Miranda, retail, retail parks, shopping, shops, Small Business Saturday, Sweet Elizabeth Jane, Thanksgiving, UK, USA, Vintage Bliss, Virginia
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 298
Americans don’t do crackers for Christmas…. I heard this terrible news yesterday. What? No crackers at Christmas?! But how do you make each other laugh with terrible, terrible jokes or annoy each other with random facts? How do you not … Continue reading
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 295
Cheers! I’ve noted that I say ‘Cheers’ a lot. This is a mostly Brit thing. And I think it confuses my American chums on occasion. What I am saying is either ‘Thanks’ or ‘You’re welcome.’ It seems that we Brits … Continue reading
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 303
What happens when the place you live becomes the ‘norm’? Your blogs ‘die’, apparently. ‘Your blogs are dying.’ That’s what I got told today. And I have to ‘step it up a notch’. I don’t really mind this comment, because … Continue reading →