"Fanny" in US English

[Charles Doyle]

And what about Fanne (sic) Fox, of glorious (if not altogether "respectable") memory? I wonder what manner of synecdoche named her . . . .

--Charlie
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>Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 06:21:46 -0800
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: "Fanny" in US English

>
>Probably illusion. Plenty of repsectable women were still being named or nicknamed "Fanny" long after Fanny Hill.
>
>  Keats's friend, Fanny Brawne, comes immediately to mind.
>
>  Of course, as an American, Fanny Farmer was probably in no danger.
>
>  JL

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