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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?......

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I get asked where I am from in this order:

1. Australia
2. Scotland
3. Britain

I'm from Yorkshire.

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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!:eek:

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 :D

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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.

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Wow.. I never get told Britain! Normally its Australia, South Africa or once, and I kid you not.. Russia!

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 :confused: I'm still not sure what it's called here - stopper?

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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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:eek: Christ, I hope it doesn't mean the same in California - I'm mortified!!!

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Did the maintenance man look very apprehensive? :unsure:

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That's the first thing I thought as well!:lol:

I bet the maintenance guy was wondering why the hell they called him! What tools did he bring?:lol:


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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And the drain's here are always getting blocked up with hair etc, (well ours do anyway).

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Come to think of it.. he really did!! :lol:

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 :lol:

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pfft, that's *one* meaning, samba (and yes, I laughed at your 'omg!') but I'd call the item in question a 'plug for the bath' and not blush at calling it a 'plug' myself.
But you paint a hilarious picture! :D

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This is the most bizarre one I have ever had (happened a couple of weeks ago) I was talking to a guy over the phone and he asked me if I was from Jamaica!

I very seldom get asked if I am british mostly Austrailian, South African and Dutch.