Where's the Creama?

As you know, Americans love their coffee and "creamer" is very popular here.  For those of you who, like me, are unaware of what "creamer" is, it is a kind of flavoured milk, of which there are various flavours such as Vanilla, Cinnamon and Hazelnut.  I did try the cinnamon once, but it is terribly sweet - so decided to stick with milk... or rather, soy milk. 

So one morning, as I was heading to the store, my husband (who loves his creamer) asked me to get him some.  The grocery store where I prefer to shop is Whole Foods - a fabulous national grocery store that stocks amazing and largely organic products, but while standing in front of their cold section, I was becoming increasingly aware that Whole Foods didn't stock his particular brand of creamer. 

At this point, I would like to mention that, in my opinion (and yes, it's only my opinion as pretty much everything in this blog is), Americans speak much much better than Australians.  They enunciate much clearer and speak slower than Australians and their grammar is definitely more correct (except when they slip into the double negative territory such as "I don't know nothin').  For instance, you'll never hear an American say "How you'se doin'?" or "Do you wanna come to me house and have dinna?" or "I was sitting at the bar when this shiela come over and I knew she fancied me 'cos she told me to piss off when I told her she had great tits."

Anyway, so there I was standing in front of the cold section at Whole Foods looking for the Cinnamon creamer which eluded me.  So I asked the lady who was stocking the shelves:  "Excuse me, do you have any creama?"  She looked at me quizzically and said;  "Whaaaat?"  And I replied:  "Creama!" to which she said "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you want".  I said:  "Creama - you know the flavoured stuff you put in your coffee", and she said: "Oh!!! You mean "Creamerrrrrr!"  Yes!!!! 

So, here's the tip, for those Aussies coming to the US, just remember that if you name is Peter (Peta), or you have a Twitta account, or you're looking for Creama - don't forget those "r's".