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Re: Fanny
by Miranda (Randee15)
9/22/2004, 9:06 PM
in reply to a message by Channa
Fanny is usually a pet form of Frances. It was rather popular in the time period you mentioned, both as Fanny and Fannie. When "fanny" somehow became an euphemism for "buttocks", the name dropped out of usage. A famous bearer is cookbook author Fannie Farmer (1857-1915) (here's an online version of her cookbook: http://snipurl.com/99rw).Click on the hyperlinks for more info on the name.Miranda
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Fanny  ·  Channa  ·  9/22/2004, 6:15 PM
•Re: Fanny  ·  Miss Claire  ·  9/26/2004, 9:08 AM
•Re: Fanny  ·  Miranda  ·  9/22/2004, 9:06 PM
•Re: Fanny; might offend sensitive viewers  ·  Anneza  ·  9/23/2004, 3:41 AM
•Re: Fanny; might offend sensitive viewers  ·  Chrisell  ·  9/23/2004, 4:29 AM
•What Miranda said (m)  ·  Elinor  ·  9/23/2004, 1:04 AM
•Additional to that . . .  ·  Chrisell  ·  9/22/2004, 9:15 PM
•Re: Additional to that . . .  ·  Channa  ·  9/23/2004, 4:36 PM