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Re:Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at... by pravda on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:30PM (#17393664)
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?

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Re:Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at... by jschwartzi on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:51PM (#17393815)
Fanny means something much dirtier in UK English than in US English.
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