Used to have a coworker who’d recently immigrated from the UK to the US. I told him I was going to wear a fanny pack somewhere while we were at work. The expression he gave me immediately told me something was wrong; he looked like I’d just said something really profane but didn’t understand what, so I thought maybe he didn’t know what a “fanny pack” was and only knew it as euphemistic slang for a butt.
It was on that day that he learned what “fanny pack” means (and what “fanny” means in the US and Canada) and that I learned that “fanny” is all kinds of vulgar in the UK.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m American. My grandpa was American. After my grandma died, he remarried a British woman.
One time when I was 7, she asked if I wanted pudding with dinner. As a kid I said YES!!! I didn’t even ask what flavor. Chocolate. Vanilla. Tapioca. Banana. Fuck it. I don’t care. You offered pudding, and a fat kids answer is always yes. No further questions needed.
Well, we have this meal with meat and gravy, and potatos, and a biscuit. It was all very good.
But then dinner was over.
And I’m waiting.
Everyone is leaving the table. They’re acting like the meal is over.
Haaaaaaaaang on.
“Um…excuse me…is the pudding ready?”
“Oh. You want another pudding? I think we have some more.”
“…more?”
And then she hands me a teacup plate with another biscuit.
“I mean…ok. I’ll eat this too, but where is the pudding?”
“Dear, this IS your pudding!”
long silence as I realize there is no pudding
“This is why everyone besides papa doesn’t like you.”
42 now. I stand by what I said. You don’t tease a fat kid with sweets, and then give glorified bread.
In general I liked her. I was the only one who did.
In that moment though??? She was dead to me.
Dave@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
I’m from a colony and pudding would normally be dessert unless further specified. I’m curious what specifically it was, was it anything listed in the top-ish section here?