1. They put baked beans on EVERYTHING.
2. They have hair straighteners in some public restrooms
3. Paper is bigger, so it won't fit in the lovely notebooks I brought from home. ARGH.
4. There is very little sun here.
5. Their keyboards are almost the same, but not. The @ symbol and " are opposite, and the "enter" key is one over from where my pinky comfortably hits it.
6. phone numbers have like a billion digits.
7. Trucks look different. It's hard to explain, but trucks look stupid here. And I'm not saying that to be mean, its just, trucks look stupid.
8. Clerks get confused as heck when you give them a debit card. Here they use "chip and pin" cards that don't swipe.
9. Public transportation is totally sweet.
10. There is no such thing as "Thirsty Thursday", though, at least at Keele, there are club events on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
11. Biscuits (American ones) do not exist. Neither does Pillsbury.
12. The Energizer bunny is different!
13. There is no Pandora, but people use last.fm
14. Clothes are cheap and food is expensive.
15. There are two faucets in every sink, one for hot and one for cold.
16. People do not use the phrase, "Like nobody's business." As in: I need to buy a hairdryer like nobody's business. In fact, when said statement was made to my student advisor, he gave me a funny look.
17. They call "flats" (as in the shoes) "pumps".
18. Tuna salad is called "tuna mayonnaise"
19. Peanut butter is GROSS. And not sweet.
20. Flapjacks are like, these delicious oatmeal bars. I have no idea why they are called flapjackss
21. Sizes are different. My top size is distressingly larger than my actual size, but here I'm a size 6 shoe!! Ha ha!
The differences are actually pretty astonishing. I think that's kind of why they make such a big deal about people travelling. I mean, you live your whole life in one country, thinking you've got everything figured out. And then BAM! Subtle, little things are different and you're running into doors and have no idea whats going on! (the door thing is true, I have yet to find the rule for doors here. They just seem to open in random directions)It's kind of funny. It sort of reminds you just how much you rely on the society in which you live. And how, in the end, it doesn't really matter. Its not like your way is the only right way, people can adjust to about anything.
There's probably more
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