So, after living in the UK for about 2 months, I realized… English is not English everywhere. I know it sounds weird since I was in England, not some other country, but I was confused A LOT when I first got to Bath. The accents are different and they use different phrases so I had a lot of confusing conversations (and still do).
British Phrases Lesson 101: (I bolded the more interesting ones)
“hiya, you alright?” -- Hi, how are you? (I always thought they thought something was wrong with me… nope, just saying hi!)
“surgery”—general doctor’s office
“chemist” -- pharmacist
“jacket potatoes”—baked potatoes
“chips” – French fries
“crisps” – chips
“biscuits”—cookies
“digestives”-- crackers
“dispensing” – physically labeling a prescription medication
“labeling”—typing an rx and printing out the label
“tea” – dinner
“dinner”- lunch
“school”—elementary school, I think
“college”—high school
“university” or “uni”--- university/college
“trousers” – pants
“jumper” – sweater
“saucy” – cheeky/scandalous?
“cheers!” informal thank you
“tutor”—professor/teacher/mentor
“cashpoint” – ATM
“veg” – veggies
“braces” – suspenders
“suspenders” --- lingerie garter belt (super awkward conversation at the hospital where I said one of the male employees wore suspenders a lot—whoops! They laughed at me for awhile!)
“locum”- traveling/agency/floater worker. Ex. Locum pharmacist- floating pharmacist
“stone”- 14 pounds. Ex—people always say “that weighs a stone” or “I gained 2 stones”
“roll”—sandwich
“bap” – bun
“Fanny/clunge”- vagina (it does not mean butt, so saying “sit your fanny down/fanny pack” is very NOT appropriate)
“bum bag” – fanny pack
”jelly” – jello
“candy floss”- cotton candy
“carpark” – parking lot
“scone” – biscuit
“waistcoat” – vest
So, with this lesson—you will be well on your way to travelling more successfully than I did around the UK. I can’t believe I’m going to be in Dallas soon. It sounds crazyyyyyyy to me! I left for Europe at the end of August after a crazy summer semester and felt so ready to leave Texas behind. But once I got to Europe, I started feeling really homesick (the food/travelling was taking its toll) and wanted to go home ASAP. After settling in and working in Bath, I really started to love life in Europe. It’s soooo different here compared to Texas. I mean, I love Texas and am looking forward to seeing family and friends, but it’s just different here.
I’ve wanted to go study abroad for a long time now, and I’m sooooo glad I did. I mean, it wasn’t easy being away from home, but I finally adjusted and started embracing everything. I realized although life sucks without a cell phone, I can do it. I probably will get on my internet-capable phone as soon as I get home, but whatever—haha, can’t change everything about me. I know I’m not going to come home a totally different person, but I hope that I will be a little different. I learned that I need to be more open to trying things—you’re only young once and I need to be less of a homebody. It’s great to sit at home and watch tv—but there’s so much that’s happening out there and I don’t want to miss anything. No more grandma Loc, lol!
I’m going to be home in Dallas for about a month before going on a cruise to Mexico and then to Barbados with the family. I have lots of plans to fill my time in Dallas—can’t wait! I’m going to start running again, meet up with old friends who I haven’t seen in forever, try to learn Spanish, read my pharmacotherapy handbook to get ready to rotations, figure out where people go out in Dallas and then go there, take a dance class, go shopping, and the list goes on forever (and not in that order). I have many, many goals (been writing them down to keep track) and hope to accomplish at least some of them during the one month home, we’ll see, haha.
♥ from Bath
guy tightrope walking AND playing the violin in Bath city centre
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