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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 621
The school tie Oh lordy, I’ve found out that young Mr McGill definitely does have to wear a school tie to his new junior school in Englandland. This is going to severely test my parenting skills. My question is this: … Continue reading
Posted in American, British American differences, England, expat, Repatriation
Tagged America, American, Americans, British, Common Core, England, expat, expat life, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, math, repatriation, school, school uniform, schools, UK, UK school, USA, USA school
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 565
My American friend’s commentary on the USA This week in the USA it’s been a busy news week (depending on how you view news). An American friend of mine seemed slightly overwhelmed and exasperated by his own country and asked … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged #hocomd, Aaron Schock, America, American, American accent, British, British accent, Columbia, Culture, dancing sharks, Downton Abbey, English, Englishness, foreign, Howard County, James Roberston, Jenny McCarthy, language, maryland, measles, news, school, srpay painted cars, Super Bowl, Travel, two nations divided by a common language, UK, USA, vaccinations
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 504
American school date This week I went into Harry’s USA school to read my children’s book ‘The Adventures of Gumdrop Rally‘ to his class. You can find my book here. (And top marks to the folks who buy it on … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged accents, American, American accent, Americans, author, British, British accent, Canada, floods, gloucestershire, gooseberries, Gumdrop Rally, hedgehogs, hocoblogs@@@, school, 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
Posted in Travel
Tagged America, American, driving, English, expat, expats, farting, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, school, UK, undertaking, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 483
Math/Legos I know where the ‘s’ in Maths has gone in America – they put it at the end of Legos! Back to school parties We don’t have such things as Back to school parties in the UK. But here … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 470
Mooching USA stylie The other day I wrote a blog post about living in America as a Brit and I used the term ‘mooching’, as in I was going to mooch around the new Whole Foods supermarket that has been … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 461
American ‘schools’ I get very confused when Americans say, for example: ‘My girlfriend is at school’, especially when those Americans are in their 20s and 30s, because then I have to remind myself that when they say ‘school’ they actually … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, bacon festival, Best in Show, British, corn dogs, Culture, Deep Fried Oreos, driving, England, expat, holidays, Howard County, Howard County State Fair, ice cream, kettles, Miami, school, summer, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 418
The heat is on I don’t really have much to say about life in America except that it is now V HOT AND STICKY. Hoorah! 🙂 Snogging/making out This is true fact: USA folk: you make out. We Brits ‘snog’. … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 415
Mini Daisy Dukes If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you will know that I love wearing me some Daisy Dukes. Call it ridiculous, call it not-very-classy, call it a poor attempt at channeling a cowgirl, call it … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, An Idiot Abroad, Bill Bryson, Blog, Britain, British, Culture, Daisy Dukes, England, English, eraser, expat, expats, football, hocoblogs@@@, Indianapolis, Karl Pilkington, lifestyle, Lost in the Pond, NYC, rubber, sausage rolls, school, soccer, 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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