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    Chris: Isn't tractor easier than articulated lorry? The full term is tractor-trailer, which never really made any sense to me. A tractor without a trailer is a bobtail. Don't get that either.

    I wouldn't make too much fun of fanny pack, bum bag sounds really strange too.







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    In UK a tractor is something you use in farming (with implement attachments) to plough/plow(?) and carry hay around with massive rear wheels and small front wheels (don't know what I'm describing in US terminology), not something attached to a lorry. An articulated lorry is usually called an 'artic' in UK for short (or even just a lorry).

    I expect bum bag does sound a bit odd but, err, don't know quite how to put this, fanny means something entirely different in the UK! <img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>

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    My 8 year old "I live and breathe Nicklodeon" daugther tells me that "hiney" means bottom (or butt or fanny).





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    I can't say I care for bum bag, but anyone asking to look in my fanny bag would get a very tart response.

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    Blott, no more than two weeks ago I was looking for a rental for clients and a women who returned my call had the toughest British accent I could not understand her for anything, i felt terrible but I just could not understand any thing she said. She even asked for me three times before It actually dawned on me it was Bonnie she was saying. I didn't rent from her because of the language barrior we had . On the other hand the man I rented from for myself Roger was very easy to talk to and understandable. I am a NewYorker and didn;t realize I HAD any accent until the first time to Florida and a man asked if we were from NY we said yes....how could you know that?? His reply was your accent! We all laughed and said we don;t have an accent.....you do! Bonnie



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    Also just to let you know Fanny in Africa means the female body part. A bum bag here would mean a homeless person's bags. Bonnie



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    Bonnie

    Fanny means exactly the same in UK as in Africa then.

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    I think from now on I may use another word for fanny then!!!! Hinney, bottom, or maybe I'll just stick to BUTT. Bonnie



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    We came unstuck in Home Depot when we wanted to buy some rawl plugs (we were hanging pictures) after a very graphic demonstration of exactly what we intended to do with our rawl plugs!! the bemused assistant exclaimed "OH - you mean plastic anchors!" .........so now we know

    Caroline


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    I take it from a recent posting in another forum that being called a "prat" is not a good thing?

    Is a "prat" "cheeky"?

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