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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 516
Expat life realities Let’s be honest – expat life can sometimes be hard. It’s not all a bed of roses over a cocktail in the afternoon. Sometimes you get lonely; sometimes it’s hard to meet people and make friends; sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegra Stein, America, British expressions, cup of tea, desperate housewife, expat, expat journey, expat life, expats, Global Living Magazine, hocoblogs@@@, journey, life coach, life experiences, lifestyle, negative experiences, positive experiences, swearing, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 513
Election Day It’s Election Day in the USA! 🙂 Hooray! Which means the schools are closed. 😦 Boo! Nonetheless, folks are out voting here in Columbia, MD. This is what Harry’s school looks like today… The best bit about going … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American elections, British, British humour, coincidence, Columbia, Election day, England, expat, Expat blog, expats, Fifty Shades of Grey, hocoblogs@@@, maryland, MD, Nicole Bormel Miller, One Direction, Rule the World, Take That, Travel, USA, voting in America
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 507
Explaining The Sun’s Page 3 to Americans I can’t really remember how this conversation came about, but when you start explaining (not condoning, just explaining) The Sun’s Page 3 to Americans, which lands on a soft-porn daily basis on the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Britain, British, bunny girl, Culture, England, English, expat, expats, Fry and Laurie Halloween, Halloween, Halloween costumes, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, Page 3, The Sun, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 505
Halloween! Oh my, Americans love Halloween and they totally know how to make it a celebration! It’s the dressing up bit that the adults seem to love even more so than the kids. And they rock it 🙂 What amazes … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Blog, British, Britney Spears, expat, expats, Game of Thrones, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, party, Robert Palmer, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 503
Confusion about undertaking! In my last post I ranted about ‘undertaking’ on the USA roads. Some people thought I was talking about funeral homes (WTF?!), or they thought undertaking was just like overtaking. Mais non! Undertaking is this: To overtake a vehicle … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, driving, English, expat, expats, farting, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, school, UK, undertaking, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 501
Rennfest The Renaissance Festival: medieval merriment like only the Americans know how. Do we have this sort of thing in the UK, they ask. Not really, unless you count a few Forest of Dean folk pretending to make blankets out … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British accent, Culture, dancing, Dancing with the Stars, England, English, expat, expats, Game of Thrones, hocoblogs@@@, La Blast, lifestyle, louis van amstel, medeival, Obama, Renaissance Festival, Strictly Come Dancing, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 498
Got or Gotten Today I heard Harry say ‘gotten’ for the first time. I’ll confess, this verb conjugation messes up my English ears. Sorry, American chumbalies, I can’t help it. It’s already a past participle. Sigh. My garage My American … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American high schools, American lifestyle, Blog, Britain, British, England, English, English language, expat, expat survey, expats, garage, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, padlock, padlocks, Thoughts, UK, USA, verb conjugation
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 496
American accents – blurred lines! I keep getting comments about my TV news appearance from folks in the UK saying I sound really American! What???!!! I donned my best British accent for that piece! I suspect there are a few … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, American, American accent, Americans, Baltimore, Becky Martin, Britain, British, British accent, Chris Addison, Culture, Dallas, Downtown Baltimore, England, English, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, maryland, Orioles, Peep Show, Sue Ellen, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Thick of It, Travel, UK, USA, Veep
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 492
Poems about America and Britain Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and I was laughing. Why was I laughing? Because I had made up some poems / limericks about the differences between America and Britain … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British vs America, Culture, driving, England, English, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, poems, poop, road rage, sport, Ted Hughes, toilet humour, UK, USA
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