Another classic headline from the news back home. Riveting stuff.

“…and our dear Channel Islands are also to be freed today” - Winston Churchill

Happy Jour d’la Libéthâtion!

68 years ago today, my little island along with the others in the Channel were liberated from the German occupying forces during the Second World War.

I’m gutted I’m not at home for Liberation Day, but I’m going to enjoy the day in Manchester anyway!

Assumptions people make about me because of where I’m from:

• I’m the daughter of a millionaire
• I’ll never have to pay tax
• I will never own a car
• I know everyone else that lives there
• I grew up without modern technology
• I’m French / foreign

The truth:

• My parents are not millionaires
• I will pay taxes, including the usual income and social security taxes
• Cars exist where I live, so yes I will have one
• Do you know 98,000 people? Cause I don’t.
• We have electricity and the internet and all that jazz
• I’m BRITISH, ok?

A guy from home took this and put it up on facebook.

Making me incredibly homesick.

The Lonely Dodo - Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust ft. Stephen Fry and Alistair McGowan.

This is legitimately a headline in the local paper where I’m from.

herecomeschaos:

i really hate the word colonel

because

that has to be the most not pronounced like it’s spelled word in the english language

Jersey surnames/place names are like this.

Le Quesne? That’s pronounced Le Cane.

St. Ouen? Saint One.

Ouaisne? Way-nay.

De Ste Croix? Deh Sant Kwah.

These two posts just cropped up on my news feed right in this order. I had to laugh.

Someone needs to tell google that Jersey is not French.

Since coming home, it keeps asking me if I want to use google.fr instead of .co.uk, and all the adverts on youtube are French.

I’m BRITISH, Jersey is BRITISH, we speak ENGLISH.

Another picture of Jersey looking pretty in the snow!

Taken by the Jersey Arts Trust.