On 2 Dec 2018, dsi1 wrote
(in >):

> On Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 8:03:50 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ...
> >
> > On 12/1/2018 4:31 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message news > > > On 12/1/2018 2:59 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > >
> > > > ==
> > > >
> > > > Just a comment to fruity. US 'butt' is UK 'shoulder'. I expect you do
> > > > know, but JIC
> > >
> > > Actually, it is a part of the shoulder. A shoulder splits to two parts,
> > > the butt and the picnic. often called picnic shoulder and sometimes cured
> > > to be a picnic ham.
> > > ==
> > >
> > > Ahh! That is new too) Thank you)
> > >
> > > So, which bit is which?
> > Upper portion
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_butt
> >
> > ==
> >
> > Oh! Thank you) It still sounds odd to us though, because a 'butt' is ones
> > behind <g>
>
> A butt in the US is also a person's ass - and I'm not talking about a pack
> animal. That fact, always cracks up kids who are just learning about cuts of
> meat. Heck, I still think it's funny. What's funny for Americans is that the
> Brits think that "fanny" isn't referring to one's behind.

We Brits can cope with you laughing; but just never come to the UK and say
€œdoes my fanny look big in these jeans?€�

In fact, to be on the safe side - never mention the word fanny in the UK at
all.