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barbecue | Notes from the U.K.
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Serving Texas hamburgers in Cornwall. August 11, 2015. Texas ran head-on into Britain last weekend and . I was going to say that I’m not sure who won but it wasn’t a contest so maybe no one had to. Let’s say that both sides learned something. Irrelevant photo. Four people. Evening. The cliffs. The number of ing...
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Ellen Hawley | Notes from the U.K.
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Author Archives: Ellen Hawley. Fiction writer and blogger, living in Cornwall. Trademarking the English language. August 26, 2016. A UK company has just trademarked the word. And just for safety, in case its competitors can’t spell, it threw in. But no, that’s not what trademarking is about. It means that i...
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Newer posts →. Driving in Britain: courtesy and narrow roads. July 15, 2016. Irrelevant photo: a stone circle at Minions. I do not, however, guarantee accuracy. But even given my low standards for courteous driving, there’s always someone who’ll break the pattern, and I met him on a very back road some years ago.
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Intercultural Mayhem | Notes from the U.K.
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Category Archives: Intercultural Mayhem. Gay marriage, romance, and village life. July 8, 2016. Let’s pretend it’s eight years. I’m probably wrong. Something larger than five but still in the single digits. Neither of us knows when the anniversary is. Sometime in the fall. What really decided it, though, is tha...
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American hamburgers | Notes from the U.K.
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Tag Archives: American hamburgers. Serving Texas hamburgers in Cornwall, part 2: the definitive recipe. August 14, 2015. I already told you. Before we get down to business, though, I need to explain that the difference between a Texas hamburger and any other kind of American hamburger. The ingredient is attitud...
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Texas | Notes from the U.K.
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Serving Texas hamburgers in Cornwall, part 2: the definitive recipe. August 14, 2015. I already told you. That the only ingredient in a Texas hamburger is beef, and that’s true but I may have oversimplified things. So I’m going to give you the full, formal recipe. Don’t leave here without it. Probably not. ...
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British politics | Notes from the U.K.
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Tag Archives: British politics. Making fun of the House of Lords: an appreciation. March 18, 2016. Made me wonder if the chamber may serve some genuine purpose. Irrelevant photo: Minnie the Moocher and Fast Eddie, in a moment of bliss. When the lords vote, they line up in corridors, one for Content (adjective, ...
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British and American English | Notes from the U.K.
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Tag Archives: British and American English. Do people really say “spiffing”? June 24, 2016. A looked, I think, surprised but said yes, she was spiffing. Irrelevant photo: Find the walker. Find the beach, for that matter. I love fog, which is lucky since we get a lot of it. Because we’ve got to consider the word.
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Americans in England | Notes from the U.K.
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Tag Archives: Americans in England. Gay marriage, romance, and village life. July 8, 2016. Let’s pretend it’s eight years. I’m probably wrong. Something larger than five but still in the single digits. Neither of us knows when the anniversary is. Sometime in the fall. What really decided it, though, is that we ...
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Americans in Britain | Notes from the U.K.
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Notes from the U.K. Exploring the spidery corners of a culture and the weird stuff that tourist brochures ignore. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Kitten, cat, and dog pictures. Tag Archives: Americans in Britain. Gay marriage, romance, and village life. July 8, 2016. Let’s pretend it’s eight years. I’m probably wrong. Something larger than five but still in the single digits. Neither of us knows when the anniversary is. Sometime in the fall. What really decided it, though, is that we ...