Discrepancies

I've been meaning to post the cultural differences for some time now, here's a few...

**pronunciation (American English translated into English English):
-aluminum- AL-U-MEN-EE-UM (I would actually like to adopt this one)
-derby- Dah-bee (just wrong)
-oregano- or-ah-gahn-o
-underwear- pants (this has caused some major confusion in the past)

**EVERYTHING'S SOOO SMALL!!
-the cartons of juice, if you can call them that, can be swallowed in 2 large gulps. and they're outrageously overpriced.

**roundabouts...who knows....

**People here are environmentally conscious as well as humanitarian
-SUVs do not exist--nearly everyone rides a bike
-Fairtrade stores- products from third world countries that actually pay their employees decent wages
-everyone recycles, no one leaves lights, radios, etc on...
-free range eggs--some people make this into a HUGE deal...I'm still learning.

**boys wear capris, but they just call them shorts. the way guys dress here is a good deal different from American guys. they're definitely more metrosexual.

**Refrigerator confusion
-jam on the counter
-bread in the fridge
-honey in the fridge

**food
-beans for breakfast
-proper bacon does not exist
-bland does not mean healthy--food here is extremely fattening
-Indian food is the British equivalent of Mexican food
-vegetarians do exist...and in large quantities

**pubs and american bars are not synonymous. there's this pub by my house here that has a playground.

**this probably isn't a cultural thing as much as it's an oxford thing...but I feel as if I can get away with saying a lot of things at home, and it would be accepted for what it is. often here, I say what I think is an innocent statement, and people jump all over it...analyzing, critiquing, etc.

**that being said, I also think people here are much more passive agressive. this may be due to my blunt, yet loving, friends at home, but I find people here to repress their emotions often here.
more to come later.....