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Language of transportation helps shape holidays
An English Rose in Georgia
Lesley Francis - 2016
Lesley Francis grew up in London, England and made Georgia her home in 2009. - photo by File photo
The team at LFPR has been planning and talking excitedly about our upcoming summer vacations, which has once again underlined how, to quote Winston Churchill, the British and Americans are "divided by a common language." When I hit a really busy patch, like now, I tend to revert to my British roots and speak in "English English" rather than first translating into "American English." What has really caused confusion between us is the language of that great American summertime institution — The Road Trip.
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