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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 425
Cock up Apparently, Americans don’t use the phrase ‘cock up’. When I say it, I think they are shocked that I just used the word ‘cock’ randomly in a sentence. As if I would! 😉 (Cock up = another word … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, British, British slang, cock up, crab cakes, drive-thru, expat, graduation, hocoblogs@@@, language, maryland, The Wire, 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 145
Donut Day and Running Day Today is National Donut Day in the USA. It occurs two days after National Running Day. Coincidence? Perhaps they could work together and you could do a really long run to a donut shop? So … Continue reading
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Tagged Adele, America, American, Americans, Britain, British, Culture, donuts, graduation, Greggs, hocoblogs@@@, Hurricane Andrea, Martin O'Malley, maryland, National Donut Day, President, rain, running, UK, UK storm of 1987, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 141
Hygiene obsessions! I have found recently that ’round these parts’ Americans (not all, but some) are obsessed with hygiene. Like, really obsessed. Like cleaning their weights before they pick them up at the gym obsessed. This behaviour is at odds … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Post Examiner, British, Columbia, Columbia Lakefront, Columbia Patch, Culture, Democratic, expat, Food truck competition, governor, graduation, Healthy Howard, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Huffington Post, hygiene, Ken Ulman, kindergarten, lifestyle, Lt. Gov Anthony Brown, maryland, NY TImes, obsessions, PK4, Politics, PR, school, Thoughts, UK, university, USA
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