about the u.k.

queue: "stand in the queue to sign up for courses"
lift: "instead of the stairs, let's use the lift"
seminar and lecture: "I have lecture on Monday and seminar on Tuesday"
quid: "3 quid will get you into town"
cinema: "want to go see something at the cinema tonight?"
pint: "I'll take a pint of Strongbow"
potato sauce: " I need some potato sauce for my fries"
fire brigade instead of fire company or fire trucks
Being on the 24-hour system
Taking the hopper bus all around campus
Walking into the little town of Beeston, which dropped right out of a Charles Dicken's novel
People driving on the wrong side of the car and road
Ordering airline tickets to Europe for 80 quid or less ($100)
Everyone has a pea coat and a pair of warm, fashionable boots
Everyone goes to the pub to hang out
Cutting up food very carefully and politely
Fresh Prawn flavored Pringles...one English cuisine I won't try
The obsession with at least two potato dishes at every meal...I've never seen the vegetable cooked in so many different ways
The metric system
Keeping windows open even though it's freezing outside
Huge electrical outlets