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 …
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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 …
US vs UK: Knickers in a twist–doing laundry in the UK
“I’ve no more knickers,” my mum has just announced. This sort of comment, which suggests the need for action taken …
US vs UK: Knickers in a twist–doing laundry in the UK
“I’ve no more knickers,” my mum has just announced. This sort of comment, which suggests the need for action taken …
How to Make a Christmas Wreath
During the spring and summer, my cousin Julie runs a one-woman plant business on the farm in the Peak District …
A moon, a lost key, and the wondrousness of cousins!
After the beautiful mildness of the last three months, the frigid weather has come as a shock. When I went …
US vs UK: “Can I help?”–the retail experience
So I’m in line at Boot’s (a national UK chain of pharmacies) in the Cambridge marketplace and I’m not in …
US vs UK: Marmite and other English delicacies
OK, it can now be said (at least I said it to a 9-year-old boy this morning whose father was …
The Year of Living Englishly 