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[janeg]

Yeah, forgot the thread was meandering! Like it that way.
The book is 'Baking Cakes in Kigali" - can't remember the author. It's one of my favourites.

Well @janeg - I'll go to the bottom of our stairs!
(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... our+stairs )

Just plonked this book on my desk at work as it looked really interesting ... some kind of telepathy at work there ... maybe we're all so in tune with doing 5:2 that it spills over into other things as well ...

I just checked out the definition of 'swag' and had an eye opening moment. I thought 'swag' was the proceeds of a robbery!

@MaryAnn 'And Fannys your Aunt' I had this exchange with a Canadian chap once and advised him to say it to the next British person that he spoke to. He didn't believe me of course but gave him a laugh

when I lived in Vancouver 45 years ago I left a note to the milk delivery man to (knock me up in the morning) This caused great hilarity with all my neighbours as seemingly that meant make me pregnant. I had to leave a note of apology the next day.

I just checked out the definition of 'swag' and had an eye opening moment. I thought 'swag' was the proceeds of a robbery!

In Australia a swag is a bedroll/ portable shelter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swag_(bedroll)

[janeg]

Jings, crivvens and help ma boab @silverdarling!
'tis a lovely book - you'll laugh and cry
must re-read it...

I had a bit of fun 'cross the pond in the 90's, as I used a bum bag; they called it a fanny pack.

[Betsysgr8]

I had a bit of fun 'cross the pond in the 90's, as I used a bum bag; they called it a fanny pack.

Lol, Several years ago, I had visitors from England staying with me. He would giggle and She would turn beet-red everytime I said "Let me get my fanny pack"

I just checked out the definition of 'swag' and had an eye opening moment. I thought 'swag' was the proceeds of a robbery!

In Australia a swag is a bedroll/ portable shelter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swag_(bedroll)

And I will never ask someone if they want to hook up with me again

I'll go to the bottom of our stairs!

One of my dad's favourite sayings - and we lived in Blackburn, Lancs. Another one was 'I'll stand t'drop o' York!'

That's not in the dictionary, I'm afraid.

That reminds me of 'Put t'wood in't 'ole.'

Shut he door, for anyone not from Yorkshire (where I spent 3 happy years in Hull!))

Izzy talked about teaching granny to suck eggs on another thread today. All my American friends are completely bemused by this so I checked and it wasn't on urban dictionary so I added it but it takes a couple of days for it to go on. For those who need to know now you can find it on Wikipedia.

when I lived in Vancouver 45 years ago I left a note to the milk delivery man to (knock me up in the morning) This caused great hilarity with all my neighbours as seemingly that meant make me pregnant. I had to leave a note of apology the next day.

My husband was in England about 30 years ago on business and the young woman at the front desk of the hotel offered to knock him up. He was certainly taken aback, being a man and all...

I just checked out the definition of 'swag' and had an eye opening moment. I thought 'swag' was the proceeds of a robbery!

It is. It's also a bedroll, as pointed out by @TheFrog, and as we all know (at least those of us who are either Aussies or raised on folk music as I was) "Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong".

But the urban dictionary definition blew me away too. Hard to even tell which connotations are positive and which negative. Perhaps hard for the user to tell, also?