This has been a special winter not just because it is colder and chillier than ever. This winter my son started his Sunday soccer matches. So it was my duty to take him to the match and get him back. That day I decided to make the coffee myself and carry it to the match and enjoy the hot sips in the cold weather. Here is the way I make mine.

• Put the kettle ON and later get half mug of milk in microwave to heat.

• Fill in the flask with hot water (I do it directly from the hot water tap).

• Place the coffee and sugar in the Pyrex jug, pour in the hot boiling water in to this and stir.

• Then add the hot milk to this and stir.

• Get this coffee in the flask and screw to the top and the cup over it.

This would be my perfect companion as I cheer my child. I kept a mars bar for his half time and he gets to share a little of the coffee I am carrying. It perfectly suited his half time and we returned home winners.

I recently made friends with a young boy from USA who has come to oxford to study the classic English literature. Although we both spoke English we observed big differences in the way we use our words and particularly swear words. (Now come on! young adolescents would obviously talk about that).

As we progressed in our discussion, it went on from being amusing to downright hilarious. Few words here were completely incompressible to him, while some of the American words had completely different meanings for me. He just goggled his eyes at “Codswallop” while I couldn’t help but laugh at his casual use of the word “Fanny”. For those who are still lost, this is an explanation.

Fanny is a cute American term for Bum, however in Briton it specifically refers to vagina. Now just imagine someone said “I ate so much that my fanny grew an inch” this would make such a meaning that a Brit can’t help but laugh, and it won’t be as humorous to the Yankees.

The word ‘pissed’ for an American would mean terribly angry while for a Brit it would just mean drunk, for our Indian friend it actually means urinated.

Although we share same language, it is really not the same.