Wednesday, February 2, 2011

UK Differences? What is similar/different than the US?

Since I've been here for almost a month already...time does fly...I decided to post some observations I've made while living here. Now there are ones that are more evident and ones that you wouldn't really expect and/or notice unless you've had the time to notice them. I will first start with the more evident differences.

Instead of writing about how everyone has an accent or how their food tastes different, I took some pictures to show that some things are different but pretty similar too.

Lays? Frosted Flakes? 
Twix are biscuit fingers! And of course KitKat

Same soda...different sizes and labels
Now of course I won't deny that people have different accents, use some different phrases, or that some of their food I've never tasted or heard of before but I think my point for this part of the observation is merely meant to say that despite some differences we really are alike. We may take for granted drinking a Coke or even dislike buying and/or consuming their products but its commercial interests like food, movies, entertainment, technology, etc that have brought us closer together in a way.  

I have also noticed some differences that I think I wouldn't have picked up on if I were only a tourist. First of all, hardly anyone wears sun glasses even when it gets sunny outside. Now you're probably thinking...'Really, maybe because it rains a lot'. Yeah that is probably the main reason may people don't wear sun glasses but its so funny. I maybe see a dozen other people wearing sunglasses around campus when I do and their mostly worn by foreigners (not just Americans). Though it makes me wonder whether sunglasses are primarily an American thing or not. Whatever the case, it makes me feel even cooler when I do wear them. Another difference in attire I've noticed is that girls don't wear tennis/running shoes. Ever girl on campus wears boots and it kind of drives me insane because they're literally almost the same kind. In Colorado where we get snow i don't even see that many people wear boots, not like they do here. And of course I normally wear my running shoes so I guess that might show I'm a foreigner. Of course there are many other differences that I'll talk about later but this post is getting long so I'll end it here.



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