Re: British v. American Vocabulary (Update)


11 Sep 1995 11:11:03 -0400

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?

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