Okay, clue the clueless Amurcian in. What connotation does fanny have in Britain?

Only tangentially related to swearing...in that I've done some swearing about it in the last few days.

I wanted to ask Vortex and other lawyerly/intellectual property types a question about the Company X situation.

Vortex, I really appreciated the c&d language you offered yesterday. My question now focuses on me not really trusting myself to handle this situation with any clarity.

If I were to get a lawyer to assist me with getting the company to either, quit using my ideas or to pay me for the privilege of using my ideas, what would I need to have in order to present to that lawyer? I have the original document, the computer it was written on, and a series of emails.

And where does one look for an intellectual property attorney?

I just feel like I screwed myself by not being more vigilant when I first talked to this company and I don't want to make such gross errors again. I feel like I need an outline of steps and a direction in which to point my efforts.

Thanking you in advance for any insight!!

Hey, MM, I swear a lot, too! I think that MOST people don't because there is a weird cultural expectation that it's not what "nice" people do. It's holdover, but I think it's still a part of American mores. Swearing is still routinely bleeped on TV and the FCC brings fines for it. Kids aren't allowed to do it in school or writers in newspapers. Why it's such a big issue, I don't know.

FTR--I swear and many people I know and respect do too.

Okay, I have gone bowling, and enjoyed it.

I did used to own a pickup truck.

Never had the Camaro, or blocks, or, until recently, a lawn on which to put them.

I tried chewin t'baccy once and it damn near made me puke.

So, contrary to what I thought, I guess I am just a low-class redneck yokel.

I may as well scream "FUCK!" at the top of my lungs and piss in the potted plant in the lobby. I obviously cain't be 'spected ta unnerstand no inside terlet!

What connotation does fanny have in Britain?

It's the kind-of-dirty kidsy word for vagina.

To my knowledge, cunt is to us, what fanny is to Brits. Yeah? hahah-cunty crosspost.

It's the kind-of-dirty kidsy word for vagina.

Well, that's just backwards.

Well, huh. Must be why it's one of the few British cusswords I haven't heard on Torchwood, that I can recall.

It's not really a curse word, I'd say. Like 'crappy' isn't a curseword.

It's fucking snowing....