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pravda on June 25, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? ...

I have some troubles with colloquialisms.

I was abroad in the UK, and I need a bag to go around my waist. So I asked for a fanny pack at the local Tesco.

The saleslady started giggling. This is joke?

jschwartzi on June 25, 2018 [–]

Fanny means something much dirtier in UK English than in US English.

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