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Old 10-16-2012, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by biglou View Post
That's an aspect of the different flavors of English that never fails to amaze me. In England and Australia, you can say "c*nt" in front of your grandmother, but "fanny" takes the air out of the room.

No, no, you really, really, can't. C*nt is considered the most vulgar of swear words.

Fanny is very old fashioned now and almost a joke way of saying pussy.
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