Allow, if you will, a female member of the list, fully bi-lingual having lived in UK for the last 11 years but originally from Texas, to clarify a few things. (hmm would that be tri-lingual - English, American & Texan?) Fanny, is not a 'naughty word' in English but simply a term for the female genital area sometimes quaintly referred to as the 'front bottom'. So yes, a 'fanny pack' in the UK would be quite a different thing indeed. Bum is preferred but arse is usually acceptable too. (oh the sentences one writes attempting to explain things) Oh and Fanny was the common soubriquet for Francis here as well, making all sorts of dreadful jokes possible. We are indeed two countries separated by one language. In the US a gentleman could walk around in nickers, a vest and suspenders with out anyone batting an eye, in England he'd be arrested for wearing underpants, t-shirt and a garter belt in public. That is unless he was in London's Soho or perhaps parts of Brighton ;-) Cheers gents. Don't forget to wear your suspenders, but leave the fanny packs at home. je www.harriman4.net Unstable like the isotope that resolves the fate of the theoretical cat in the hypothetical crate. - MC Hawking *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Feb 19 2009 - 06:07:50 PST
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