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Re: [OT] British vs. American English



On 10/01/2011 09:35 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:
On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:36:23 -0400 (EDT), John Hasler wrote:
Stephen Powell writes:
And I didn't know that the British sense existed.  Amazing, isn't it?
Two cultures divided by a common language.
Look up the British meanings of "fanny" and "stuffed".
I did.  They're quite different from the American meanings!
To an American, "fanny" means one's hindquarters (male or female),
and "stuffed" means "so full that I can't eat another bite".
The British meanings won't pass muster with
Debian mailing list policy to post.

Wonder where you looked up this stuff?

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