My wife lived in 3 years in Korea while he father was a mission president for the LDS church. She attended all three years of Jr. High at an international school there in Daejon, Korea. She was able to make lots of different friends and experience many different cultures. During here stay in Korea, she made a a friend named Heather Lilly. Heather is from England and now resides in Lincoln, England where she works and lives with her boyfriend.
This last week Heather came to stay with us and experience a bit of the U.S. culture, It has been an amazing experience for all of us. I always thought that since we basically speak the same language, we would have little differences. However, not only are we extremely different, but our languages are also very separate. We went out to eat at Olive Garden, where she ordered a chicken platter with vegetables. Heather had never heard the word zucchini before and wondered what it was. Apparently in England zucchini is called courgette. Also she refers to the bathroom as the toilet, and a shopping cart as a trolley, she calls a dog leash a lead, and underwear are pants. The entire week had been full of misunderstandings and further explanations. I has been a good experience to hear about the different lifestyle that is lead in England. Although my wife Jenny is from the U.S. and Heather is from England, they have been able to move past their obvious differences and focus on their similarities.
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