What not to say in England (was: Grammar Expert)

[jenny_ravenclaw]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "psychic_serpent" 
<psychic_serpent at y...> wrote:

 
> I believe that 'bang' is a synonym for intercourse in Britain, and 
> that's why you would be making people snicker to refer to part of 
> one's hair with the term 'bangs.'>

'Bang' can mean sex here, too, although the way it usually used, I 
wouldn't necessarily call it sex.

My students are reading _Of Mice and Men_ now and could not control 
themselves when we read about Lennie "stroking" the dead puppy.  To 
them, stroking is not something you waste time doing to a dog.

--jenny from ravenclaw ****************************************