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Thursday, 10 May 2012

Awkward Co-Worker Moment

Hi Everyone,

It turns out that there are still some UK English words that I am not familiar with because I am confident that I would have remembered this one.  One of my co-workers, who also happens to be French but was educated in England, turned to me yesterday and asked me if she could borrow a rubber.  After receiving a blank stare from me for a second and then an uproar of laughter, her face turned bright red as she realised what the translation was in US English.  The word "Rubber" means "Eraser" here in England.  I am still laughing about it today.

Cheers!!  

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