Sam was working on his math homework yesterday.
S: "Mom, I need a rubber. Do you know if we have one of those big, white rubbers?"
R: "Uh, (pause to stop myself from laughing) yeah, there should be one with the other school supply stuff."
S: "Thanks."
R: "Hey, I think we should use the American word for that. I'm for keeping on calling it an eraser."
S: "Why? Everyone else here calls them rubbers."
M: "Yeah, Mom, they're made of rubber so it makes sense."
R: "Well, they erase so it makes sense to call it an eraser too."
S: "I like rubber. I'm going to call it that."
I guess this one will figure itself out in time. But really, of all the Aussie words to adopt...
3 comments:
Of course! You know, I went to British school... so that is how I called it growing up too, until I moved here and they messed my English up! :)
It will be funny when they are older, and they understand why you wanted them to keep calling them erasers!
HA...We had the same conversation 3.5 years ago! :)
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