> In article <430b1r$k9u@morgoth.sfu.ca>, Neil K. Guy <neilg@news.sfu.ca> wrote:
>
> }blue... Endless opportunities for cross-cultural hilarity... Others
> }might include the small waistbags that North Americans call
> }"fannypacks", much to the amusement of the British.
>
> That IS a strange one. Does "fanny" mean the same thing in British
> informal usage as it does in American -- one's rear end?
>
>
>
err... no... not quite....
In Britain, the fanny is the female sexual organ (who said us brits were up
tight anal retentives unable to come to terms with our sexuality... 8)
By the way, they're Bumbags in the UK (Does Bum mean Backside in American, or
just tramp?)
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