Almost American

It was interesting to see the differing reactions in our house last weekend to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. As we settled d...

When I was in primary (elementary) school I had school dinner (lunch) every day. My mum counted on us having a good meal, to the point where...

Yael pointed me in the direction of this article on differences between the British and Americans . The opening line ("The first thing...

A commenter on another expat blog , pointed out this article from a couple of weeks ago in The Economist : The funny thing is, with the pas...

My DH forwarded this graphic to me. No idea where it came from originally.

The show All Things Considered on National Public Radio started a 5 part series today, 'Revisiting the Road to Canterbury', on Brit...

Quite by chance I ended up watching the second part of Britz on BBCAmerica last night. Shortly before the end I was pleased to discover tha...

Born to Indian parents in London and raised in Rhode Island, author Jhumpa Lahiri spoke in her interview on NPR about becoming American of ...

Joseph O'Neil was the second author interviewed for NPR's series on Becoming American. He talked of how the decision to emigrate ha...

During this week of Thanksgiving — the most American of holidays — National Public Radio is spending time thinking about what it means to be...

When DD asked yet again this year what they eat in England for Thanksgiving, I realized we have been failing miserably to teach her about ...

Dr. Who is one of the reasons I'm glad we have BBCAmerica. I wonder if the original creators of the series back in 1963 ever envisaged ...

As evidenced by my blogroll, I love to read about other people's ex-pat experiences. I have a lot of ex-pat Brits listed here, but that...

I have a book on hold at the local library - The Post American World and the Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria . I'm not holding my b...

DH says I am often too self-deprecating and that I lack self-confidence. I tell him that it is a cultural thing. Remind him that I grew up i...

The new Rough Guide to the UK says : "The only certainty for visitors is that however long you spend in England and however much you se...

The drive-through is a thoroughly American concept, and something I managed to avoid for a very long time. I have no interest in eating at s...

In some respects, the British approach to games is different to the American one. Although it goes down well here in the USA, Whose line is ...

I picked the Littlest American up from daycare today and as we were leaving we had the following conversation: - Can we have a menorah? - Wh...

It's even Mac compatible they say. . . The British version would dispense beer. The American one, Coca-Cola.