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Old 03-07-2013, 10:08 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
In British English, I'm afraid the word means a woman's monthly menstrual bleeding - hence the "raised eyebrows" for British readers in seeing it.
It means that in American English too. It's a simple matter of context when using the word though.

Actually, my family tends to refer to it as Aunt Flow coming for a visit.

. . . the menstual stuff, not the punctuation thingy . . .
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