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My Foreign Native Language

by Exmoor1 | Aug 28, 2017 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British humor, British in the USA, Expatriots, expats, Homesickness

I enjoy discovering new words (well, new to me), especially those evocative of home or homesickness. Hireth and coddiwomple are two favourites. I recently heard another: hygge, pronounced ‘hoo-ga’. Translated as ‘cosiness’ once it leaves Danish waters, hygge means...

Final Boarding Call

by Exmoor1 | Jul 25, 2017 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British in the USA, Expatriots, expats, Homesickness

I recently got that awful phone call: my father had passed away, four thousand miles from where I stood. The news was a shock, though not a surprise. Dad was almost ninety-one years old. A long life, lived on his terms. No matter whether you live next door or across...

Something Old, Something New

by Exmoor1 | May 22, 2017 | Blog Post, British, Expatriots, Homesickness

When you live far from home, you tend to spend your holidays going … well, home. There’s Mum to see, and Dad to see, and sisters and cousins and friends to see. You want your children to live the other half of their heritage and your non-British spouse to understand...

‘Foreign’ Isn’t A Place

by Exmoor1 | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog Post, British, Expatriots, Homesickness

I’ve been asked many times what it’s like to be ‘foreign’. It’s hard to know how to answer because most days I’m not foreign. I’m like everyone around me, complaining about the weather, politics, cost of car repairs, or trials of parenthood. I share my plans for the...

My Foreign Native Language

Final Boarding Call

Something Old, Something New

‘Foreign’ Isn’t A Place

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