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Tag Archives: The Wire
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 523
Baltimore crime/ English city crime I’ve been reading up a lot on the differences and similarities between crime in Baltimore and crime in London and Manchester via top Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. When The Wire got popular in the … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Baltimore police, Baltimore Sun, Blog, crime, Daisy Dukes, gun crime, guns, Independent newspaper, Justin Fenton, lifestyle, London, Manchester, maryland, pronouncing numbers, The Wire, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 522
Baltimore City Police Ride-Along I can’t say too much about my ride-along cos of the confidentiality with the Homicide Department whom I rode along with last night, but I can say this: 1. It is like The Wire in areas … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Homicide Department, Baltimore police, British humour, Canade, cops, David Simon, expat life, homicide, maryland, murders, ride along, The Corner, The Wire, UK, USA
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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 368
Liberty Insurance Man This man was dressed as the Statue of Liberty today in the cold. He was promoting Liberty Insurance on the side of the road. Just made me laugh. I don’t think we’d get this kind of thing … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, bagels, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, California, Centennial Park, coffee, Columbia, Columbia Mall, Culture, Daisy Dukes, driving, Ellicott City, expat, food, Girl Scout cookies, guns, Howard County, Liberty Insurance, Macy's, maryland, Po-Po, police, shorts, Slough, St Patrick's Day, summer, sun, The Wire, Thoughts, toilet doors, Travel, TV commercials, UK, weather, yield sign
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 344
Cheerio Martin O’Malley Hot totty of Maryland, the one and only Governor Martin O’Malley, is giving his last ‘State of the State’ address today. I’m guessing he’ll mention Baltimore a lot. He perhaps won’t mention how The Wire’s Mayor Carcetti … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, baseball cap, Blog, Branston Pickle, Britain, British, British food, Chevrolet, crisps, custard creams, Dairy Milk, deodorant, expat, guns, hocoblogs@@@, humour, lifestyle, Martin O'Malley, maryland, Monster Munch, Pickled Onion, Smitten by Britain, The Wire, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 336
Brits subtitled My British friend here in the USA mentioned that she sat down to watch the telly last night and (don’t judge her for this) there was a programme on called Party On on the E! Channel. Yes, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Being Liverpool, Britain, British, Cheryl Cole, Culture, E! Channel, expat, freezing rain, Geordie, hocoblogs@@@, Irish, language, lifestyle, Liverpool, Party On, school delay, Scouse, subtitles, The Saturdays, The Wire, Thoughts, TV, TV audiences, weather, X factor
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 318
Sometimes it still feels like I’m abroad It does sometimes feel like that, even after 16 months. I can’t explain it (okay, I will give it a try….) Sometimes I have a ‘moment’ and go to myself ‘ooh, look at … Continue reading
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Tagged abroad, accents, America, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, British teeth, Culture, dentist, expat, hamming up British accent, hocoblogs@@@, language, lifestyle, Oh I wish I'd looked after my teeth, Pam Ayres, plummy, snow, stream of consciousness, teeth, The Wire, Thoughts, UK, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 315
SNOW! Oh yes, snow is on its way – in fact, we’ve been issued a snow storm weather warning for Howard County, so I’ve cancelled plans for going out (sorry Josie!), since as I remember from last time it snowed … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, Christmas presents, Columbia, Culture, David Simons, HoCo, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Howard County Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Jaki Ulman, outdoor pools, political, poverty, schools, snow, snow day, The Guardian, The Wire, UK, underprivileged kids, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 226
Cop ride along and shooting Yeeehah! I got me a police ride along and shooting practice lined up. Totally bricking it and looking forward to it at the same time 😉 When I told my friend this she told me … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, 1980s, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore City Western District, Blog, British, Columbia, cops, Culture, expat, fall, guns, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, junk, maryland, mullet hair, neighbourhoods, police, shooting, summer, The Wire, UK, USA, weather, yard sales
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 220
American TV shows….and how they influenced my view of America A recent article by Ruth Margolis, who writes for the BBC America site Mind the Gap, touched on American TV shows, where she stated (I am guessing with her tongue … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexia Ath, aliens, America, American, Americans, Athens, Baltimore, Baywatch, BBC America, bikinis, Blog, British, Culture, Deliverance, Desperate Housewives, ET, Europe, expat, Glee, Greece, hocoblogs@@@, houses, Howard County, lifeguards, lifestyle, London, Martin O'Malley, Mind the Gap, movies, Mum in London, parenting, Ruth Margolis, school, schooling, The Wire, Travel, tv shows, UK, USA, X Files
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