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