- British English grammar and spelling come to me more intuitively than American English. Today's example: in American MLA, a comma or period goes inside of quotation marks, regardless of whether that punctuation is part of what is being quoted. Apparently, this came from the days when they set type, and the quotation mark piece protected the comma or period typeface. When publishing got away from printing presses, the Brits changed this because it's not logical. The Americans did not.
- Nearly all the things on this list from BBC America's fantastic blog "Mind the Gap" are among my favorite smells. Give me some bread on a freshly mowed lawn with the smell of rain any day.
- Storytelling that is uniquely British. There's such a history of good storytelling there.
- Humor that is witty, often sassy and sarcastic, and clever.
- Beautiful countryside. I could post a million pictures from Pinterest, but I think I'll just link to that board. Because it is GORGEOUS.
- Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Merlin, Doctor Who, etc. Enough said.
- The BBC, seriously the most reliable and least biases news source I think I will ever find. Plus, the only channel on cable television I would ever pay for.
- I know more British slang than American slang. For one of my classes, we had to watch a video of Hugh Laurey on the Ellen show where they were comparing slang from both sides of the pond. I knew all the Brit terms, but I had no idea what the American ones were.
- Random and kind of bonus: did you see the picture of Benedict Cumberbatch at the Oscars? The one where he's jumping and photobombing a whole bunch of people I've never seen before? The Americans are being snobby at this big fancy event. The Brit? Having the time of his life interrupting other people's "sophisticated" photos. Lovely. Oh, why it pertains to the list. Not taking yourself too seriously. Especially not being afraid to look silly.
More to come as I think of them...
