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	pointandlaugh 2005-07-25 02:26 am UTC (link)
	raises hand Uh, while I don't really care either way as I don't surf at work, I've got to say that "wank" is actually a fairly high level Bad Word in the UK. Like "Don't even consider using in front of boss, elderly grandmother or small children" bad. It's one of those weird country variances. "Fanny" is shocking over this side of the puddle too. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	msmanna 2005-07-25 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Uh, while I don't really care either way as I don't surf at work, I've got to say that "wank" is actually a fairly high level Bad Word in the UK. Truely. If I do browse at work, I always try to remember to read via my flist. But sometimes I hit the main comm page by mistake and whoops! It's the rainbow lettering that really draws the eye in :-) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sepiamagpie 2005-07-25 02:37 am UTC (link)
	how much can you guys get away with in your tv shows? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pointandlaugh 2005-07-25 02:40 am UTC (link)
	I...don't actually watch enough TV to give you a real answer? But you wouldn't get "wank" or "fanny" over here on TV. At least not unless it's one of 5's freaky late night porn offerings. (I know, I shouldn't insult them anymore. They gave me CSI and House afterall.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2005-07-25 02:42 am UTC (link)
	oh, see, I was thinking of the british comedies I have laying around and 'wanker' gets tossed around a fair bit. I wasn't sure if I was watching something especially racy all of a sudden. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pointandlaugh
2005-07-25 02:47 am UTC (link)

"Wanker" I would actually class as less offensive that "wank". "Wanker" is just a name, like "bugger". Whereas "wank" is a verb.

Still wouldn't use either in front of boss/small child/elderly grandmother though. My mum used to fine my uncle's for saying "bugger" in front of us when we were small. Fine would probably have been higher for "wanker" and by the time you go up to "wank" I think we'd've left the money part behind and moved on to lectures.

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	msmanna 2005-07-25 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"Wanker" I would actually class as less offensive that "wank". Me too, I think. Plus, a lot of UK comedies (stuff like Men Behaving Badly, AbFab, Black Books) I think goes out post-watershed anyway, when that would be fine. (Reply to this)(Parent)

(Anonymous)
2006-09-01 07:39 am UTC (link)

I know this is EXTRAORDINARILY late in regards to the date of this post but I can't help pointing out in the spoilers for the upcoming Season 7 for CSI (don't worry, it's not a big spoiler), one of the episode titles is 'Fannysmacking.' Cue hilarious laughter and /boggling from the other sides of the ocean.

Methinks it'll be renamed before airtime, but just... wow guys. GJ on the universally accepted ep titles, even though you don't advertise the actual titles until after the episode airs.

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msmanna
2005-07-25 02:52 am UTC (link)

I had a poke around, and found the BBC commissioning guidelines. 'Wank' is listed amongst the second-rank swear words that have to be noted if they're included in a programme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/delivery/edguidance.shtml

The BBC isn't the whole of TV, but it's probably a good start to get an idea of what goes on. Generally, it's pretty rare to hear swearing before 9pm.

In many ways British TV itself is pretty relaxed, especially post-watershed. More of a problem is the people who get wound up and cause a fuss in the papers etc about programmes like 'Jerry Springer - The Opera'. On the other hand, when 1.5 seconds of Janet Jackson's boob flashed up on the Superbowl, pretty much everyone in the UK went 'huh?' at the huge fuss it caused in the US. Comes from being raised on Carry On films, I think.

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	sepiamagpie 2005-07-25 02:56 am UTC (link)
	honestly, it's all I knew at least a little so I figured I should start by asking there. All my british friends pretty much talk just like me and were giving me contradicting answers on the wank thing. god bless your unphased by nippleness. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	adora_spintriae 2005-07-25 12:30 pm UTC (link)
	Is that icon from the Year 2000 video? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2005-07-25 02:44 pm UTC (link)
	I've no idea. Someone else made it. All I know is that it's of Daniel Johns. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	astaria51 2005-07-28 12:33 am UTC (link)
	lurking in the fandom_wank wank/sarcasm/wank Pretty sure it's from Ana's Song, actually. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2005-07-25 09:23 am UTC (link)
	So, when a new novel by Fanny Flagg comes out, does everyone under a certain age point at the cover and giggle madly? Because I know that's what I'd do, if "fanny" meant here what it does over there. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pointandlaugh 2005-07-25 12:29 pm UTC (link)
	Well, as far as I'm aware the word "fanny" over there means "bum" whereas over here it means "ladies parts". This caused much confusion the first time an American used the word "fanny pack" in front of me. It also caused much 12-year-old like amusement rereading Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree. (Fanny and Dick! How can you get away with characters called that!) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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