So I've now been in london for a full two weeks and wanted to send out an update about some of the interesting things I've learned so here are my first 10 observations!
1. Pop (or soda, as many of you may call it) is called "fizzy drinks" and Frosted Flakes are called "Frosties". Cookies are called "digestables" which makes me not want to eat them. Soccer is called "football" and is the most important thing in the world. It is also, apparently, more manly than American football.
2. "Chips" mean "fries" and "crisps" mean "chips". Doritos are still called Doritos, but they taste different-slightly better I would say. Also, instead of Lays or Jays British people eat Walkers chips and they come in hamburger and steak flavor, but not in BBQ.
3. People drive on the wrong side of the road (get it: not the right, but the WRONG! side)!! HAHA! i keep thinking little children are driving but then remember that the driver sits on the right.
4. the bright red telephone booths you think of when you think of London are everywhere. And inside, are covered with ads for escorts and pictures of naked women.
5. The subway is called the Tube as said "Tyoobe" (as my voice teacher her taught me). A subway is a walkway under the street. Likewise, gas is called Petrol and is sold in liters.
6. Students think nothing of buying premade sandwiches at lunch from the gas station, the supermarket, etc. No one brings their lunch to school so most working people and students after age 15 buy these sandwiches daily.
7. There are no stopsigns. All places where we'd have stopsigns are roundabouts and scary. There are a lot of stoplights, and not only do lights turn yellow between green and red, but they also turn yellow when changing from red and green!
8. vegetarians are sometimes called "vegetablists" and veggie fish and chips = fried cheese.
9. England is filled with lots of Americans therefore the bakery on my block sold 4th of July cupcakes. England also has lots of American shops and food places under slightly different names, like "Tennessee Fried Chicken" and "T K Maxx"...
10. Big Ben is actually not that big so I don't really understand why they call it Big Ben. Baker tower might be as big as big ben.
Also for all my acapella friends!! I realized that I do sort of know how to sing. I never realized that we're supposed to sing notes like you play on a piano (I just thought the notes were like a scale for high and low), but now that I have made that discovery its like a whole new world!
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