Marshall Hall

Marshall Hall is a retired UK university professor of Socio-anthropology who has held a lifelong interest in travel, exploration, linguistics, and adventure. As an American living in London he enjoys a multicultural perspective on career, family, and the human condition. He has three daughters and ten grandchildren living in America. He originally moved from the University of Cincinnati to England to teach for the American College in London and 33 years later still calls the UK home. He is married to an English woman, has UK citizenship, and lives in Chesham just outside central London. Having grown up on an Ohio farm, adjusting to British culture and living in the world's most multicultural city was a daunting process. It took several years to begin to understand the nuances of the language and the hidden codes of meaning underlying the spoken word. Gradually the pieces of the puzzle began to form a picture of the rich and historical life he had chosen. In the years that followed friends and family visited frequently and he quickly discovered a new role as tour guide and an interpreter of a supposedly common language. As this process grew and evolved, he began to write down the definitions and differences which have 10 years later led to this book. Today Marshall writes, teaches the occasional university class as a guest lecturer, does public speaking, and tends to his allotment. In 2019 he self-published a travelogue about his three-month adventure to the South Pacific islands entitled "Searching for Paradise" and is currently working on a local interest book called Historical River Bridges of Buckinghamshire.