-Its righty loosey, not righty tighty.
-I need to expect cars coming from the wrong direction.
-Cars have the right away, not pedestrians. (Close call with that one).
-Every one gives me strange looks for my accent.
-I am not stylish enough to fit in.
-Short hair is very in.
-I was asked if I was an Injun today and if there were still wigwams. (She wasn't completely there, but still).
-When you go in a store, the employees ignore you unless you go up and ask a question.
-No one smiles.
-I have seen very few attractive boys.
-People smoke all over the place.
-Public areas (ie walls, buildings, and so forth) are used as urinals. The stench stays in the air.
-Dogs are usually off leash and very well behaved.
-Lights turn yellow just before the turn green.
-Not knowing what a person is talking about and having to ask what they mean. Its amazing how many common words are very different between home and hear.
-The crows look different. And they makes different sounds!
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Erika - I'm jealous! (Your mom gave Karen your blog & I peeked.)
ReplyDeleteI spent my senior year in Harpenden, with first year A-levels. After a verbal misunderstanding which led me to write 1,000 times "I will not use foul language in class", I got an American/English English/American dictionary. Then I understood why I got in trouble for saying Bu**er.
I think it's more disconcerting to expect to understand and not (as in England) than to expect problems.
Hope things are going well - keep in touch with Mayflower when you return, and as you head north!
Kay Hatlestad