Re:Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at...
by pravda on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:30PM
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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?
Re:Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at...
by jschwartzi on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:51PM
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Fanny means something much dirtier in UK English than in US English.
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/canada-post-reveals-it-is-the-rea...
As for the propaganda comment, isn't it a bit on the nose for someone to make that comment with a username Правда? Please let me now if you are having problem with colloquialism, comrade. да?