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Re: Frances
I don't like Frances or Frankie. I find Frances boring and Frankie affected. Neither as bad as the horribly ugly Fran which is the diminutive I've come across most. I absolutely love Francis for a boy though I'm not sure where you're from but Fanny as slang for women's genitals has been in use for a very long time in England and is beginning to fall out of use Eta As Pie says Fanny is currently unusable here but I think won't be in the near futurehttp://www.behindthename.com/pnl/167578

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here in the US ...Fanny is slang for backside, butt. It isn't vulgar like in the UK, more like something your grandma might say, and never in a sexualized way. "Sit your fanny down and be quiet" or "I fell down flat on my fanny" for instance.
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Oh, that right. I’m American, but I guess I spend so much time on the internet, its meaning in other cultures stuck with me when I started this thread :P
Would still be a terrible name lol

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