US vs UK: consumer goods
England’s been around longer than the United States in terms of being a major world trading power (remember the British …
Monthly Archives: January 2012
My grandfather’s pleached hedge
Today I went in search of a hedge that my grandfather, Henry Victor Smith, pleached as a young man over …
US vs UK: “What’s for pud?”
Pud, to rhyme with wood but not with mud, means pudding, the part of the meal that follows the main …
Abe Lincoln’s nose (and other unfortunate things)
At my grade school in Chicago, there was a bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln in the library, as there probably …
The Year of Living Englishly 