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in reply to a message by Perrine
I really like Fanny and wish it would make a comeback.
Yes, it does mean "butt" in North America, but it's rather dated slang. I've only heard the word used that way once, when I was a child.
A few years ago I saw a young Latina named Fanny in the local paper. As you can imagine, I was thrilled. I think in her case it was a nn for Stephanie.
Fanny works perfectly well as a nn for Stephanie, Francesca, or any other Fran- name. According to the Submitted Names section, it's even used as an independent name in some north Atlantic countries: "Icelandic and Faroese form of FANNY as well as an Icelandic combination of the Old Norse name elements fǫnn "snow, snowdrift" and ný "new moon, waxing moon" or nýr "new; young; fresh"."
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Yes, it does mean "butt" in North America, but it's rather dated slang. I've only heard the word used that way once, when I was a child.
A few years ago I saw a young Latina named Fanny in the local paper. As you can imagine, I was thrilled. I think in her case it was a nn for Stephanie.
Fanny works perfectly well as a nn for Stephanie, Francesca, or any other Fran- name. According to the Submitted Names section, it's even used as an independent name in some north Atlantic countries: "Icelandic and Faroese form of FANNY as well as an Icelandic combination of the Old Norse name elements fǫnn "snow, snowdrift" and ný "new moon, waxing moon" or nýr "new; young; fresh"."
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“Violence, in truth, recoils upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit he has dug for another." - Sherlock Holmes, The Speckled Band
BTN's Resident Historian
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