fannys?
It means something completely different in the UK.
2007-05-22 03:01:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I am fully aware that there are different words and all that - it just makes me laugh that Americans use a word for the bum that means p*ssy over here in the UK.
2007-05-22 03:40:41 · update #1
i no! went to america a few yrs ago and was shocked when i herd parents telling kids to sit on their fannys! lol and also sanitary towels are called napkins or something similar..... we found this out when my dad asked for one in the restaurant lol
2007-05-22 03:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by chrissie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In america, a bum is a beggar, homeless person, tramp
but tramp could also be a word for a prostitute
a sanitary napkin is Kotex
a napkin is a dinner napkin
a fanny is a butt, buttom rearend
even here in america there are diferences in word meaning - New Yorkers call pop - soda, i call it pop
2007-05-22 10:17:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know and I'm such a big kid that it STILL makes me laff when they say Fanny meaning bum on American shows- especially when its a 'fanny bag' or a 'fanny pack'
My mum used to call me Fanny Adams as a kid- I'm sure she was a prostitute or something in history- maybe that's where us British got the word fanny from?
2007-05-22 11:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by Georgie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well Bums mean a completely different thing here in America--so we are even-----I call the bottom a butt.
2007-05-22 10:31:58 · answer #4 · answered by eeyoree rocks2003 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah weird eh? I'm Scottish so up here women have fanny's, and if you have an irritating partner or someone who acts like a prat, they too are called fanny's..
2007-05-22 10:06:52 · answer #5 · answered by x SexySian x 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Butt, and *** are pretty common terms. Butt is considered more polite in public conversations, though most people wouldn't bat an eye at *** anymore though apparently Yahoo will.
2007-05-22 10:16:53 · answer #6 · answered by New Dog Owner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. That's really odd, and didn't Batman,superman and spider man ALL wear their PANTS over their tights...Only in America eh.
2007-05-22 10:08:37 · answer #7 · answered by David 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We have a lot of names for a lot of things. We can only call something by one name for so long before it's not cool anymore.
2007-05-22 10:05:43 · answer #8 · answered by SLICK G. 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
This is complicated.
I'm English...I know that what we call a ''tramp'' they call a bum.
A fanny is a p*ssy. Hmmm.
2007-05-22 10:05:03 · answer #9 · answered by Little Miss Pineapple 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
yep they call them fannys.
2007-05-22 10:08:35 · answer #10 · answered by shez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋