Is this name just funny in England?

[Adrian Baker]

Whilst on the subject of names we Brits find funny... What about that book (and TV Drama) called "Fanny by Gaslight"

I know that in the US, Fanny means 'butt' but it sure doesn't in the UK!

My wife (before we married) moved to Boston MA, and joined an aerobics class. After about 20 mins exercise the teacher said "Right, now let's exercise those fanny muscles"
She knew that Americans were a little less reserved than us Brits, but blimey - it was only her first visit

A few weeks later I went out to Boston to see her and, (having just given up smoking) whilst drinking in a bar I said (perhaps a little too loudly) "Boy I could do with a Fag"
This made the bar go quiet, and people stared at me... Apparently a fag isn't a cigarette in the US!

You have to be careful what you say and do when you go abroad!

 

[Huckleberry]

Wow, it never even occurred to me that gingernuts weren't even called ginger elsewhere!

We really should invite Ginger Minge on a tour of the UK, photographing peoples' reactions when she introduces herself.

Now that would make for good comedy television.

I don't like scare tactics. I'm not a fan of Everyone Loves Raymond, but it is a very popular show here. So was Seinfeld. I do like candid camera for its slapstick value. I've heard bad things about correlations of slapstick and low intelligence, but whatever. I like it.

 

[brewnog]

I went out to Boston to see her and, (having just given up smoking) whilst drinking in a bar I said (perhaps a little too loudly) "Boy I could do with a Fag"

Yeah, with a bit of hindsight it's quite easy to see where you went wrong on that one!

I really confused a yank in the UK a few months ago by asking him if he wanted to "come out and get twatted" with me. He'd only just learned the meaning of the word 'twat' the day before.

I never heard from him again after that!

 

[Adrian Baker]

I never heard from him again after that!