Thread: The British Press

Marlow wrote: IanS_Liv wrote: Nah, spotted dick comes in single servings ... most of the time anyway. I like to put custard on it. Oh, my one experience with it was a waitress asking me if I wanted spotted dick, not A spotted dick! Asking someone if they want A spotted dick has to be one of the worst chat up lines you could imagine ... especially from a woman! Maybe we ought to draw a discreet veil over this subject. The pudding itself is...

IanS_Liv wrote: Nah, spotted dick comes in single servings ... most of the time anyway. I like to put custard on it. Oh, my one experience with it was a waitress asking me if I wanted spotted dick, not A spotted dick!

Marlow wrote: Having been apprised by THIS forum of the Brit meaning of 'fanny', I was horrified when, two summers ago when I was in London, in line for that Big Wheel Thingie across from Big Ben, another American in line yelled at her wayward young daughter (about 6), "You better get your fanny over here right now, Missy!" I can only imagine what the Limeys' take on that was. Sitting in a movie theater...

Well, you can always eat a spotted dick..... ( hope I got that right)

dukehjsteve wrote: I can only guess/assume that "fanny" is the most vital thing a woman has ??!! Boy do I need to get out more often. That's a new one. Last time I was in London, a woman was asking a clerk where the rubbers were....which I later found out are erasers.....too bad for any English exchange student who asks their American teacher for a rubber in front of the class.

Vince wrote: .....too bad for any English exchange student who asks their American teacher for a rubber in front of the class. This was a hilarious incident in Russell Bakers first book. It describes his first day in a NY school.

Actually, when I first discovered that over here a rubber was not an eraser, I took great delight in wandering out of my office and loudly announcing that I needed a rubber asap. I'd probably get sued if I did that these days