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Tag Archives: undertaking
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 502
Undertaking, USA style I’ve mentioned before how I love driving on the roads in the USA because they are [mostly] big and open and it takes less time to get to places than it does in the UK, because of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Brillopads, Britain, British, British slang, cars, driving, English, road rage, swearing, UK, undertaking, USA, V sign
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 442
The Inside Lane Recently, I’ve thrown all British caution to the wind when driving, and thought to myself ‘sod it’, I’ll just over (under) take in the inside lane too, because when it boils down to it, I’ve also got … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegra Stein, ambition, America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, Columbia, Columbia Association, Culture, driving, expat, expat life, expats, Good Morning America, heat advisory, hocoblogs@@@, inside lane, kettles, life coach, maryland, overtaking, relocation, Travel, UK, undertaking, USA, Washington Post
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 375
Cheeky buggers! Oooh, my American chums are being right cheeky buggers, messing with my head. I used a phrase today ‘get cracking’ (as in, ‘Yes, I will get cracking with that’ – to start doing something quickly) and I asked … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American English, Americans, belly, Blog, Bohemian Rhapsody, bottom, Britain, British, British English, butt, cheeky buggers, Culture, driving, England, English, expat, get cracking, Her Majesty's Pleasure, Highway Code, highways, hocoblogs@@@, language, lifestyle, overtaking, semantics, Thoughts, tummy, UK, UK freeways, undertaking, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 154
Columbia is 46! The town in which I live is 46 years young. I say ‘years young’ because it is young in comparison to the towns in the UK (apart from Milton Keynes probably) that I have lived in before. … Continue reading
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Tagged 46 years old, America, Americans, Baltimore, baseball, basketball, Blog, Bovril, British, Camden Yards, Columbia, corn dogs, Culture, Downtown, driving, expat, food, football, high fructose corn syrup, hocoblogs@@@, Honey Boo Boo, Howard County, Howard County magazine, Jim Rouse, Kisscam, Maggie Thatcher, maryland, Milton Keynes, Orioles, President, Prime Minister, Robins Cheltenham, TV, UK, undertaking, USA, Whaddney the Robin, Wombles
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