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To: SweetCaroline

Now, now.

I was once told discreetly by an Australian woman with whom I worked, that 'fanny' has a distinctly different meaning in Australia than it does in the USA...

I had innocently used the expression trying to get a patient to shift her position on the exam table by asking her to "move her fanny up a bit", and the Australian woman standing across from me helping turned beet red and put her fingertips over her mouth...


105 posted on 09/15/2006 9:53:50 AM PDT by rlmorel (Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
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To: rlmorel
Ok, so what does it mean in Australian ????
113 posted on 09/15/2006 10:11:06 AM PDT by SweetCaroline (....If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.)
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To: rlmorel

What profession are you in.......just curious.


142 posted on 09/15/2006 10:31:24 AM PDT by marmar (Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs....RED, WHITE, @ BLUE.)
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