dmu

No comment, but the name Fanny was in fashion here at one stage. There are a few French actresses still around who made it popular for future generations. The Mamans obviously didn't speak colloquial English!

Novocastrian

In the spirit of the thread title, fanny means quite the opposite in colloquial American/Canadian. It's your bum.

Chatter Static

Bum bag which most folk wear to the front what's that all about? Which are as daft as under arm wallet contraptions that resemble holsters

Novocastrian

Bum bag to you... fanny pack to Bubba.

babyposer

I was in Newcastle last week and bought this bag for my french mother-in-law :

http://www.look.co.uk/pictures/prima...-bag-%C2%A3150

What a great idea

Tweedpipe

Ooooohh! She's obviously a bit naughty then and enjoys a laugh.
I think however that may go over the heads of some folks here...

Blackladder

Here's a dodgy question for your next quizztime down at 'The Taliban's Retreat' or 'The Dangling Mullah' or whatever your pub's called:

France's longest continuous border is which what country?

answer:
Brazil

Yes, since French Guyana is a DOM it is counted as part of France and its border with Brazil is the longest in France!

Novocastrian

... and along the same lines:

Has the guillotine ever been used in North America?

Answer:

Yes, once. On Aug. 24th 1889. (M. Joseph Néel, convicted of murder and executed in the French overseas territory of St. Pierre et Miquelon).

Tweedpipe

If you jump off a bridge in Paris
You are probably in Seine.