On 2017-09-27 8:49 AM, Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> On 2017-09-27 5:44 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 9:23:23 PM UTC-10, Alan Holbrook
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> As a British colleague explained to me, "fanny" as understood by
>>>> Brits refers to a portion of female anatomy 180 degrees around from
>>>> what we Yanks rhink of as "fanny".
>>>
>>> That would be my understanding too. What I don't understand is why
>>> someone would name their daughter "Fanny." Wouldn't that be like me
>>> naming my daughter "bagina?"
>>>
>>
>> My SiL has a cousin name Gina.... rhymes with vagina. I hate to imagine
>> the teasing she was subjected to in school.... and later.
>
> I had a girlfriend named Gina. Rhymed with Geena. Real name was
> Mary Regina.
> I'll bet your Gina is prounced the same way and not your claim.


Well you are wrong there. I know a Gina pronounced like Geena, but this
one is Gina with a long i.