I think what he originally said means in American English what 'fanny' means in UK English. Innocuous word to Yankees, but...
I rather enjoyed asking a VF lifeguard from Swansea Institute (Samantha--who I still miss quite a bit) whether chips were fries or crisps to her after 5 months in the States.
-CPlaya
*** This post was edited by CoastaPlaya on 10/17/2001. ***