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Originally Posted by batffink
I am continually amused by the expression 'fanny'
In the USA it means bum (which equates to the English 'tramp' in the US) whereas in the UK it means pussy (not the feline kind)
If I patted someone on the fanny here, I'd probably end up in the clink (English slang for jail)
Wasn't it Churchill who said the the USA and the UK were two great nations divided by a common language.
Vive le difference!!
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Funny you should mention that, batffink. I first learned the difference when I was actually living in London briefly as a girl. I had never been exposed to the differences between our languages and said something about a father spanking a schoolmate's fanny. Scandal!! I explained myself, but the Sisters tut-tutted and harumphed for days.