To think that "fanny" is not an offensive name for female genitalia ?

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My ex was taken aside by our 3.5 yr old daughter's nursery key worker today, and told that they didn't like her using the word fanny, and that she should use the word noony instead?!

Is there a difference in offensiveness levels between these 2 names? Always thought that fanny was just a harmless kids name for vagina/vulva whatever, am I wrong?

Totally agree with Compos if they were suggesting a standard biological type name then maybe not a problem, but to make an issue over a little girl using a very commonly used and understood nickname and insist it's replaced with some made up, random word is total crap.
Oh and Mumsnet has taught me that it is a vulva NOT a vagina. I'm 37 and never knew this!

Jamaicans say pum pum or narni.fanny sounds fine although I wouldn't use it myself

Noony ffs, I've never even heard that before.

Everyone knows what a fanny is, it's not the most pleasant word, but whatever. It's fine if she uses it.

I do wish there was an equivalent to willy.

Noony is stupid.

And Vagina is inaccurate.

Its an External Urethral Orifice, but I appreciate that that might be a bit of a mouthful so EUO would be an acceptable alternative.

EUO? Not to be confused with the band Roy Woods & Jeff Lynne set up

Noony is pathetic. Vulva or at least something funny like clunge!

I think you should call the nursery every day with a new suggestion.

Clunge??!! Sounds like a fencing manouevre or a half-pipe aerial trick. Or a dance... anyone up for doing the clunge?

Yuck re noony.

Suggest Cunt - it's traditional Anglo Saxon, adapted from the Latin. Impeccable lineage.

It's another 'Mary' here.

Isn't a yum yum a small doughnut thing?

Wish there was a willy equivalent - quite like yoni but not heard it before and think you ought to use something people would understand without explanation or gesticulations. Hate the clinical terms but also the very twee Minnie, foo-foo, flower etc.

Think my DD will have to go with fanjo

I think fanny is one of the vagina/vulva slangwords that are quite adult. We say fairy, never heard of noony though (think I prefer fanny!).

Other's use privates or bits arounf here.

We say fanny and willy in my house though my eldest sometimes gets confused and says wally. Works for us.

I say stop fannying about all the time. I looked it up once and although I forget the specifics, in that context it has nothing to do with girls genetalia.

They've been watching too much TOWIE

I wouldn't like to hear a child use it TBH.

Tis a VAGINA.

and boys have a PENIS

I taught DS to say penis when he was two (sometimes also his "bits and bobs" from when he was a baby) but now for some reason he is saying tail. I suspect this is either the influence of his nursery or my mother, but he's not telling and I haven't caught anybody out yet.

I also think either vagina or vulva is okay but I've just never liked the sound of the word fanny, not even in Jane Austin novels. It sounds a bit harsh and scratchy to me.

I can honestly say that (possibly because I have never actually given it much thought), until I joined here, I never really knew where the "vulva" was. On the rare occasion that I might be discussing my body parts I would probably say "my bits" or "down below". I can also say that this has never caused me a problem, or left the person I am talking to in any doubt as to where I am referring to.

I wouldnt like to hear a small child discussing their "fanny" just as I would not like to hear a child talking about their "cock".

Give her a range of words and choose one word a day for her genitalia.
Monday - Twat
Tuesday - gash
Wednesday - minge
Thursday - flange
Friday - cunt
and rotate them according to the weather.

Don't like the word fanny - just reminds me of primary school boys.
Noony and foo foo sound equally ridiculous.
Vagina is wrong (its a vulva)
Vulva is annatomically correct.

But sounds odd for a 2 year old to say, especially when others use vagina thinking its the correct term.

We are dodging the minefield and calling DDs vulva her 'bits'. Equally lame though.

Where I come from Fanny was considered a mild swear word like twat.