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The first time I heard "fanny" I nearly died of embarrassment and could not understand why the word was being used in the conversation!!!!.....then when "fanny bag" was used I lost it completely.....had visions of a type of colostomy bag!!!!....and felt so sorry for the person who was talking.
Needless to say I have adjusted as one should to the country we now live in and being Scottish I do get the usual......your accent is fantastic where are you from...Australia?......
Needless to say I have adjusted as one should to the country we now live in and being Scottish I do get the usual......your accent is fantastic where are you from...Australia?......
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My first encounter with any American was when I was in my 20's and took a job in Germany as a nanny for an AF family stationed there. My first evening in their home, I heard the mom screaming at the kids "I'm going to beat your fanny"!! I thought I had made the biggest mistake of my life! I was horrified that I had moved in with an abusive family!
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Turned out to be one of the best years of my life! (met hubby there too)
One of the kids is married with her own family now and I just recently got a message from her on FB
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Bloody hell, i never even thought of that you know! We don't really use the word wood in that way back there. i guess that's another one for the list.
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Cause they do!
If you've got a woody. You've got a woody, know what I mean, love.
I love using the word love. It confuses the ***** out of people.
If you've got a woody. You've got a woody, know what I mean, love.
I love using the word love. It confuses the ***** out of people.
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When I first moved here, I was staying in a Hotel and really wanted a soak in the bath. I went to the reception to ask for a 'plug' - they hadn't a clue what I was asking for. After lots of explaining and hand gesturing, I thought we'd sussed it. Ten minutes later a maintenance man came to the door to fix the bath
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Even within the USA, there are different names for things. I'll never forget the time my friend from North Dakota was telling me she needed to go buy a plug for her daughter. After some confusion, I realized she's talking about a pacifier. In our household (originally from Connecticut), the word "plug" was slang for a tampon! LOL
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Even within the USA, there are different names for things. I'll never forget the time my friend from North Dakota was telling me she needed to go buy a plug for her daughter. After some confusion, I realized she's talking about a pacifier. In our household (originally from Connecticut), the word "plug" was slang for a tampon! LOL
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I bet the maintenance guy was wondering why the hell they called him! What tools did he bring?
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Actually I've always called it a drain plug. Although now that I think about it, every tub we've ever had had it built in, operated by a little lever or something.
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I much prefer the simple plugs on a chain, those lever things always go wrong.
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Come to think of it.. he really did!! ![LOL](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/lol.gif)
Oh my Goodness.. So, when I was saying I wanted a plug to stuff into the drain, and was motioning a circle with my fingers.... Oh man, thats embarressing
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Oh my Goodness.. So, when I was saying I wanted a plug to stuff into the drain, and was motioning a circle with my fingers.... Oh man, thats embarressing
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But you paint a hilarious picture!
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I very seldom get asked if I am british mostly Austrailian, South African and Dutch.
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