> On Feb 17, 2009, at 8:13 AM, James wrote: > > And, if anyone really cares, "Fanny" was, when I was kid, the nickname > for a woman named "Francis" as well as a term for anyone's butt. > Also > was George Custer's nickname at West Point. > > > Jim Tibensky At BCU week on Tybee a few yrs back a Welsh surf instructor once told me that fanny in GB is considered a naughty word and that the acceptable term is bum. This came to light when a visting American forgot her fanny pack and loudly told everyone in the restaurant that she had to go retrieve it from her room. The patrons gasped! They call it a bum bag. No wonder England lost the colonies. Savages! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 17 2009 - 07:02:02 PST
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