Things to keep in mind .....

.... while watching shows from the UK...

1. "to get on" is not the UK equvilent of the U.S.'s "to get it on", but rather to get along well... or similar...
2. you should probably look up the slang for words. Some examples are daft, prat, git, nackered, arse, bobby, chips, wanker, bollucks and the like... you can look these up.... but some I'd rather not tell you, I think you should find out on your own.
3. Oh, don't forget shag.
4. Tea... it is everywhere. If they characters have access to it, it will appear multiple times within one episode
5. They put milk in their tea. *a practice I thought completely absurd and disgusting until I figured out it is really the only way to go.
6. Some other things are that to knock up is different as well as fag and rubber. They mean to knock on someone's door, a cigarette and an eraser, respectively.
7. And fanny is DEFINITELY not the same and it is HIGHLY unaccepted to spank one.
8. Overall there are tons of words that mean different things. You didn't think the dialects were that different, but it turns out they are
9. The more you watch, the more you can tell the differences between accents, even regions within a country.
10. I always forget they drive on the different side of the road and have the steering wheel odd too.... messes me up. I'm like, "why are they getting in the passen- oh."
11. you need to check out this site, not for the slang, but what we apparently say in the States... http://us2uk.tripod.com/slang.htm
12. Look up other stuff on that site... I'm not sure who made it, but it's pretty funny. The person was  quite taken aback about the fact Americans have sweet tea and say herbal as 'erbal...
13. If you're a woman, it's okay that you are thoroughly in love with that man's accent.
14. Oh and for the record, both countries spell gray/grey differently... do there, I don't think one or the other should count as the appropriate spelling.... no one knows how to spell it!

this is what I do when I'm bored and don't want to study but would feel like a horrible person for watching another Merlin episode...

PS I got a job interview. Going in with high hopes, but unsure of whether or not I will actually get the job