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Originally Posted by garysher  My daughter's first day in an American school, aged 9, she asked the teacher for a rubber, or an eraser in American parlance.
The teacher was quite taken aback.
I find most Americans don't have much knowledge of what happens outside their country. Often I am mistaken for an Australian although the accent is very different. | I bet the teacher was shocked at first. In my first Japanese-English dictionary (a 1950 something edition as gift from my grandparents), a rubber was covering slipped over a shoe to prevent the shoe from getting wet. I did not realize it was also slang for a condom. I though, why would I want to protect my shoe when during sex?  I quickly bought a new dictionary.... One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all. |