"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in news:44cf3d68$0$1512$5a62ac22
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"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
Janet Baraclough wrote in

Was reading a story about how some pirates ran off with their
booty,
when the whole classroom erupted in giggles.

Teacher kindly explained alternative meaning of "booty"

Just to add to your education.. In Britain, every male and
female
has a "fanny" (which is also a girl's name). It does not mean the
same
area of the anatomy it does in America.

:-)

Janet.

Really, what does it mean then? Fanny means butt/buttocks/ass as
far as
I always understood it. (And three out of four of my grandparents
were
from the UK.) If there's another meaning for it in America, I don't
know
it.

Never use "fanny" in any English speaking country outside North
America. You'll be considered to be extremely coarse

Frankly, I detest the word. It sounds much more vulgar to me than "ass".
I always felt dreadfully sorry for any poor girl who had to bear that
name.