When I moved here, I knew I was going to have to get used to
differences. I knew the USA drove on the
wrong side of the road and the money was weird.
But there are some everyday things that make you go huh?
Driving
This was probably the one thing I knew would be so different
and I was expecting it to be a challenge.
Backwards driving in a backwards car!
I’ve done a prior post about my driving experiences here.
Hot/Cold Taps
Who knew this would be different? The hot tap and the cold tap are
switched. In America, all the hot taps
are on the left and cold on the right.
This was something I would have never thought about and I have spent
many a wasted hour waiting for hot water to come through the cold tap, only to
find out I’m using the wrong one. It got
to the stage that in one bathroom I used an eyeliner to write ‘H’ and ‘C’ on
the wall above the taps. That was a
topic of conversation with visitors, I can tell you.
Light Switches
I don’t remember how many times I’ve walked into a room an
tried to turn the lights on and nothing happened. The switches are opposite to those in England
– up for on, down for off. Quite
confusing.
 |
| English - On |
 |
| American - Off |
Road Markings
This one continues to boggle me. Everything is written backwards. I was told it’s so you could read it at
speed, but who reads upside down? My
brain cannot get around reading from the bottom up, so although I don’t have to
say the words out loud, my mind still tells me to “Ahead Stop” or that there is
a “Lane Bike.”
Written Dates
England, apparently, uses what the Americans call “Military”
dates. Where we write the dates with the
day-month-year, it is totally backwards here.
I can’t remember how many times I have written my birthday as August 7th
instead of July 8th.
Maybe I should just stick with it, after all
it will make me a whole month younger!
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