Monday, December 14, 2009
quicko: thongs and rubbers
This is one of those obvious ones it doesn't hurt to mention twice: Australians call flip-flops thongs. They mean nothing else by it. Also, erasers are called rubbers. Similarly innocently. (Unless they're addressing an American ... but you'll catch the laughter in their eyes; they get so proud of themselves they just can't hide it!)
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