I say potato, you say potato...

Things I say that M. thinks is 'weird'/'British'/wrong English:

1. Swanning around
2. Bear garden
3. Piss off (as opposed to 'pissed off' and 'pissed')
4. Memory of an elephant
5. Odd as a haddock (I'll bet you he thinks I made this one up - to be honest I just say this to confuse him)
6. Whinge

Things M. says/does that I think is odd/'American'/wrong English:

1. Self-props
2. Kudos to [person's name]
3. Singing along to jingles from TV ads - he remembers all of them, I swear...
4. Roll with the punches
5. Yo

Things I eat/drink that M. would never touch with a barge pole:

1. Fish and chips (OK, used to eat)
2. Pret a Manger sarnies (maybe he would eat them if he was really stuck. I eat them out of homesickness now that I am in Hong Kong even though I hate mayonnaise)
3. Oysters
4. Herbal tea

Things M. eats/drinks that I would never touch with a barge pole:

1. Steak
2. Buffalo wings/anything that resembles fried chicken
3. Fluorescent sports drinks
4. Tabasco sauce