From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!teklabs!tekid!rogerw@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.misc Title: more language anecdote Article-I.D.: tekid.221 Posted: Wed Jul 28 14:51:51 1982 Received: Fri Jul 30 01:40:00 1982 I am told there was an Australian exchange student who wanted to borrow an eraser from the girl who sat in front of him. Unfortunately, he used the more common Australian term, which is "rubber." ---Roger Wells