By TheEnglishOne - 23/01/2009 00:42 - United States

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Today, in class, I asked my teacher for a "rubber". I didn't realise that in America "rubber" doesn't mean "eraser", it means condom. FML
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Gherto 0

Oh yeah, I used to confused by this from time to time back when I lived in the U.K.

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Tygastyle 0

yes, the Beatles are totally still relevant to teenagers! they'll be around forever i think....i'll at least introduce my kids and yeah a rubber can be considered an eraser....it erases the chances of getting pregnant...?!

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godfries 1

Don't worry, I do this all the time!!

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njbhgjnhnfk 0

I call an 'eraser' a rubber. That's what everyone here calls 'em.

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JFox 8

Eldrakan fails to understand the concept of a cultural phenomenon.

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adam2 0

#32 I know, and I call condoms "rubbers' becuase that's what everyone here calls them. I was just making a point that neither of those are proper English. In Germany the word "Gummi" can mean a condom, an eraser, a stick of gum, and other stuff.

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rustyxpenguin 0

ill be 18 in july... i still love the beatles!

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MackenzieB 0

Haha my french teacher told us that when she went to teach english to middle school age french kids one asked her for a rubber and she was mortified. She then had to explain what a rubber was to a bunch of kids who continued to say it the rest of the year. xD

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anthem_fml 0

ahah, aw, same thing happened here to a girl from india who asked a group of girls for a rubber for her hair (like a rubber band or hairtie). they just laughed at her.

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tincan 0

Good that when I first made that mistake, I was only grade 6. When I asked I also made the gesture of erasing something, so the girl just corrected me that it's an eraser. =D (Good that kids back then don't have dirty minds like kids nowadays do...)

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Synthetic42 0

LOL. I hate writing with pencil, 'cause it's like assuming you're gonna mess up. I like the feel of a pen better, and if I **** up, I get to be badass and scribble over it, as if I was hurriedly writing a ransom note.

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