On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:07:11 +0000 (UTC), "Quilljar"
wrote:

wieners? faggots?
What on earth are these items? Some sort of colonial food or what?
Translate please...

Faggots are bundles of sticks, or so I believe. Also, I think they are
a food stuff of some sort. Weiners? Well there was a Patrick Weiner in
my year at school. He had two brothers. In total, three Weiners.

Googling took me to
URL:http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mfaggot.html

Somehow, Quilljar, I think Bruno Beam - aka zendo_joystick_ankh_hero -
was referring to something else.

Similarly, the phrase "bumming a fag" means something quite different
on each side of the pond.

I'll get my coat.
James