Britishness

Gotta say, I love my accent! I get away with murder at work because I play up to the British stereotype. It's like "oh, she's the quaint little girl from England who lives in a castle and drinks tea all day, she doesn't know about the world." I love it. It means the guests are always nice to me, if they have a problem they'll yell at the Americans and the non-English speakers, I get called dear and spoken to calmly. Awesome. People ask me random questions all the time (the most common being do you live in a castle and how much tea do you drink a day). It's just confirming all the dumb American stereotypes I think we all have.

Also telling people about the UK all day does make you miss it more, well random things about it, like crumpets, boots, adverts you can sing along to, having the right of way in a zebra crossing, really random things. A realy big one is roundabouts. You may be thinking who in their right mind misses roundabouts? Well I didn't until someone pointed out that they don't have them here, now it irritates the life out of me. I might have to visit the wife in Milton Keynes to get a roundabout fix when I get back!

Speaking of Britishness, my mum has sent me a poppy so I am hoping it gets here in time for the eleventh! Yay!

"It's grand to be an Englishman" - Mary Poppins