Britishisms 101: An American’s Guide to Decoding British English
English (U.K.) to English (U.S.): A handy translation guide on speaking your native language in a foreign country by @hayleybloom . Moving from New York to London should, in theory, be the easiest of the transcontinental moves because you don’t have to learn a new language to set up camp in your new city. You can just pack up your Burberry trench and Wellies (translation: rubber boots, preferably Hunter) and hop right over. Cheerio, London! I’ve recently had the pleasure of spending lots of time in London, continuing what I like to call the “Moda Operandi world domination tour” from our Belgravia mews house. (If you haven’t been to our mews and/or you don’t know what a mews is, please come visit!) It took only one day in London for me to learn that the Burberry trench and Wellies would get me only so far. If you’ve ever seen National Lampoon’s European Vacation , you’ll recall Clark Griswold, my favorite American moron, checking in to his hotel in London and whipping out his Engl...
