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From: das@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: 'enry 'iggins in America
Message-ID: <2923@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 21:12:19 EST
Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.2923
Posted: Fri Dec 21 21:12:19 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 24-Dec-84 03:00:59 EST
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Reply-To: das@ucla-cs.UUCP (David Smallberg)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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Summary: 

This isn't exactly a small-region regionalism, but it makes a good story.
It was told to me by a fellow I knew as an undergrad, an American (Oops!
I mean U.S. citizen -- apologies to Canadians, Mexicans, Guatemalans, ...,
Chileans, and Argentines) who spent one of his high school years in England.

	Scene:  British classroom during an in-class composition.

	English student (whispering):  Excuse me, do you have a rubber?
	American student:  A WHAT?!
	E.S.:  A rubber.
	A.S.:  ...Oh!  I understand, sure.  (hands him an eraser)

	[After class]

	A.S.:  You know, in the U.S. a "rubber" is a condom.
	E.S.:  Oh, we call those "rubber jollies"!

-- David Smallberg, das@ucla-cs.ARPA, {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!das