20 Most Common Questions I Get from Americans

When an American, asks you "do you know the Queen" we're messing with you.

What's the difference between an Englishman and an American. An American thinks 200 years is a long time and an Englishman thinks 200 miles is a long distance.

I had a pen pal from the UK years ago in early high school (60's). She sent me a photo, containing two girls. She told me she was the one in the jumper, but I could not figure it out. We wrote back and forth for a year, but I never knew which one I was writing to - and was too embarrassed to admit it. NOW, I know!

I'm a fellow Brit (North Yorkshire) and visited the US last summer. Loved every single minute of it and got asked pretty much every question you listed. Loved the warmth and positive attitude of all those around me, from getting a few things in Walgreens to getting a drink in a bar. I raise my glass to you, the motherland and the United States.

I'm still laughing from, "It's not like we hug; we're British."

As an American in London, I was surprised to find out that a "fanny pack" took on a whole new meaning!

Dude, I live in Kentucky, and anyone who mistakes your accent for a Kentucky accent has no idea what they're talking about.

Me to my husband: "Oh he's from Grimsby (I was also born in Grimbsy) - and he moved to America" Husband: "Why did he move to America?" Me: "He's from Grimbsy - is that not enough of a reason"

How odd that the one year you planned on going home you got quarantined...it’s almost like America doesn’t want to let you go.

I lived the first ten years of my life in Kent, England (dad was in the diplomatic corps). Forty years later, I'm in the grocery store talking to my daughter-in-law when a lady behind me says, "Oh, from Kent, are you"? Been living in the US for long?

I love that about British swear words. As soon as our first child was born, we started saying "bloody" because it's not a bad word here. We could cuss without guilt. To this day our daughters say "why doesn't this bloody thing work?!"

I was married into a British family for eight years until my wife died. I quite liked their family structure. My father in law and I discussed the difference between UK spoken English and the American version rather often. I learnt so much. We enjoyed comparing differing terms for the same things: hood/bonnet; wrench/spanner, etc. The family were easy to get on with. They are very loving and never insisted on their way in anything. My inlaws included a lot of extended family who also came here. They were appreciative and just happy to be here. I text a couple of them still and even call at times. It has been over 20 years since my wife died and they still treat me like family. I hope the experience is similar for other people, as I have had, I being a Californian who married into a British family who is here in the US.

"What brought you here ?" -A plane, litterally. I honestly busted out laughing at that one. Oh that dry British humor.

When Americans ask "How do you like it here?" We are asking for your experiences not if you truly like it or not. Something like "I love the football but i hate the weather." so it probably never occurs to anyone that you could answer differently.

I’m an American living in England. I get asked many of those types of questions too.

I lived in the UK for three years, I’m originally from the south, “sweet tea & y’all” accent. People in the UK asked if I was Canadian 😂

I remember being out at a restaurant, and one guy with us asked the waitress, "I love your accent! What part of England are you from?" Her response: "South Africa." :P

Would love to see you react to a WWII film instructing American servicemen how to behave in Britain.

A "jumper" in the USA is a garment usually (but not always) worn by little girls. It is a one piece sleeveless and collarless garment under which is usually worn a blouse of sweater (what you'd call a "jumper"). The garment can be made of a mid-to-heavy weight cotton or a fleece or even wool. It can be lined or not. Little girls in Roman Catholic elementary school, up to about grade three, wear them with bicycle shorts underneath for modesty (at least my daughter was required to during her elementary school years in Parochial school).

I haven't lived in England for twenty years, five of them in Spain, the rest here. When I get asked do you go home often, I reply "every night, this is now my home."