Tag: British

• family reunion

  If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I am a committed Anglophile; it is in my blood as evidenced by the recent invitation to celebrate our heritage. My cousins and I will be getting together; our British ancestry traced back through Woodbury, England, to Southwark, London, 1620; sailing to Connecticut in the…

  cjoyaustin

  April 30, 2024

  Family, life, vacation

  anglophile, British, cousins, family reunion

• americanisms for brits

  I’ve been addicted to British telly for a long time and love some of our linguistic differences. Here are some words and phrases common in the colonies that puzzle our cousins over the pond. I’m sure you can come up with even better ones. football bangs takeout head’s up deplane hike reach out to pants…

  cjoyaustin

  June 30, 2023

  for fun

  British, fun, linguistics, smile

• teeth

  Having successfully maneuvered my quarterly dentist visit, my gums healing nicely, having teeth on my mind, lately obsessed with all things British (it is my heritage), I heard the phrase, “I’m fed up to my back teeth.”  I love it, and I’m going to adopt it, as long as my memory holds out. Then I…

  cjoyaustin

  June 22, 2023

  for fun, life

  British, dentist, language, teeth