[Sca-cooks] OT, Rude slang.

[Angelfire]

similar reactions to the country song "shagging on the boardwalk" in
australia, shagging is defiantly not dancing here

Angelfire

Ruth Frey wrote:

>    Alban wrote:
> > Ah, yes. "In England, where the American movie "Free Willy" takes on a
> > whole other meaning. . . "
>
>         Not that there aren't plenty of Americans
> who understand that little piece of slang as well...
> back when Pres. Clinton was being yelled at for
> fooling around, there were all *kinds* of rude
> "Free Willy" jokes going around -- and for a lot
> of folks, his "Slick Willy" nickname was every bit
> as intentionally rude as it sounds.
>
>         To go across the Atlantic in the other
> direction, and add in the obligatory food reference,
> one of the most unintentionally hilarious names
> for a British dessert (at least to American ears)
> is "spotted dick."  A friend of mine was an exchange
> student (U. of East Anglia), and she said that
> all her British friends were totally mystified
> when all the American students burst into laughter
> after finding that item listed on a cafeteria menu...
>
>                 -- Ruth
>
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