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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 301

Posted on November 23, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 298

Posted on November 21, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, American Education Week, Americans, Blog, blogging, Britain, British, British Christmas, British schooling, Chief of Staff, Christmas crackers, Culture, expat, Food Bank, football, Governor of Maryland, hats, hocoblogs@@@, Justin Beiber, language, lifestyle, Liverpool, Martin O'Malley, nutrition programmes, PE, Politics, PoPo, presents, Ravens, school, soccer, Thoughts, UK, USA, writing | 16 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 292

Posted on November 15, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Hilarity at USA maps I still get confused about where all the states are in the United States. And when I am looking for Maryland it is so small in comparison to the other states, but it actually feels quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accent, accents, America, American, Americans, basketball, bin, Blog, Britain, British, Buzzfeed, Culture, garbage, gloucestershire, hocoblogs@@@, language, math, maths, rubbish, school, shooting hoops, states, trash, UK, UK Desperate Housewife USA, USA, USA maps, Wilthsire | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 260

Posted on October 8, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Girl Scout Cookie time It’s Girl Scout Cookie time! Yeah! During this season you cannot go round to someone’s house who has a daughter without being knobbled to buy some, because chances are she is in the girl scouts and … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, American English, Americans, beer, Blog, Britain, British, British English, Brownies, Culture, Degrassi High, expat, Fame, Girl Guides, Girl Scout cookies, Girl Scouts, hocoblogs@@@, humour, language, leadership, lifestyle, Pat a cake, pronunication, skills, Thoughts, UK, USA | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 253

Posted on October 1, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

British sayings in the USA I love British colloquialisms (okay, slang) – they are part of my culture and often make a sentence all the merrier! I use them frequently in conversations in the USA to my friends, sometimes leaving … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 252

Posted on September 30, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Brits in the USA I like reading other Brits’ views of the USA and Anthony Windram’s amusing views of his time in the USA always make me chuckle. Anthony writes for The Displaced Nation and often comments on his time … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 248

Posted on September 27, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Women in Maryland Apparently, the best place in America to be a woman is Maryland. Well, that’s good to know! Maryland has the biggest opportunities for high-level jobs, money and healthcare, according to the non-partisan educational institute called the Center … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, Americams, American, Americans, Blog, British, Cadbury, Canada, Center for American Progress, Culture, Edinburgh Fringe joke, English, Europe, expat, expats, funny, Hawaii, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, humour, hunor, Irish, jokes, language, laugh, Louisana, maryland, Rob Auton, take the piss, Travel, UK, USA, Wispa, women | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 241

Posted on September 21, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Make sure you’re comfy, this is a long one… (that’s what she said / as the actress said to the bishop…) – sorry, couldn’t help myself 🙂 So, it’s been a busy few days in the land that is America. … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 224

Posted on September 6, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

What the expats have to say about America I hung out with a bunch of British and Aussie expats last night. It’s always interesting to get an insight into how different expats view their experiences and listen to their perspective … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 223

Posted on September 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

The Season of the Spelling Bee It is the season of the Spelling Bee. Competitions galore in the USA. The purpose of the Spelling Bee competition is to ‘help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts, and develop … Continue reading →