I told a friend from England yesterday that I was getting dumber here. I am finding that I skip words when I write an email or I just completely forget the word all together. She replied that it can't be the case because I had taught her some "Americanisms" here they are:

1. Goldfish. That's right, the little cheddar crackers that we give all the preschoolers.
2. "shut up" - to be used in place of ,"are you kidding me" or " no f'ing way!"
3. There was a new one yesterday, but I forgot what it was.