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Northstarmom - I m not denying that that is the way the word is used over here. But I had no idea of that till today so have spent 55 years (or from whatever age i first heard/read the word) thinking of it as a classist word rather than a racist word. I wonder if it originated in England as a classist word then developed the more racial connotations over here where people moved to get away from the upper/lower class system but then developed a different version of it.
Does make me wonder how many other words are out there that mean one thing to me but something different to someone else. Fortunately I am not in the habit of using demeaning terms so hopefully I wont say the wrong thin to anyone.
There are a lot of different meanings between English English and American English. If any of you go to England don't use the word fanny.
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