“I love your Aussie Accent!”

Sometimes when I meet someone new here I have this terrible moment of realisation when they say something like “I’ve always wanted to visit Sydney” that they have misinterpreted my British accent as Australian. I don’t have anything against Australians of course but I’m really awkward and when that happens I am left with three choices.

The Joys (and pitfalls) of Speaking British English in America

Language is a wonderful thing ladies and gentlemen and in today’s post I am going to demonstrate why, hopefully without boring you to death in the process.

Lost in Translation

I always enjoy posting examples of British and American English being different and the differences are often particularly apparent when it comes to slang and swear words.

Things I Should’ve Learned Before I Moved Across the Atlantic

There are many things that I should have learned before I moved across the Atlantic and I often think about this when I see posts on Facebook expat groups. I wish I’d bloody known that before I moved here, I sigh to myself. Here are some of those things…

Things I Don’t Understand About America Part 2

Last year I wrote a slightly tongue in cheek post about the things that I didn’t understand about America as a British expat and the post turned out to be pretty popular. It turns out that there are still plenty of things that confuse me about life in the US and so now I present you with part 2.

My Conversations With Americans Represented in Pie Charts

For this weeks post I thought I’d try something different. One of my favourite things about living in America is my interactions with Americans: people are so friendly and the fact that I’m British is often a really good icebreaker.

On Learning American English (My Dubious Claim to Being Bilingual).

There are some elusive skills that you can obtain in life that will make you the envy of all of your fellow humans. Being visible to the wait staff in a restaurant when you want to settle your bill is chief among these but

How to Not Look Like an Idiot in America

Living in a foreign country can be a great opportunity to look worldly and sophisticated or an easy way to appear absolutely clueless. There are times when you are