Originally Posted By: boxer
Over here, a faggot is a kind of meatball, are we sure that's not what Dire Straits were on about, after all, they are a British group? A pity that Canada, with its UK connections, couldn't take in to account the other meaning!

Canada doesn't mind it at all -- it's our worst government in history, with their Republican-wannabe leanings, that is taking offence.
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For many years, a number of silver sixpences were put in Christmas cakes in Britain

Same idea here, too, though more common in birthday cakes.

Cheers