Re: en_GB, gimp, and erasers

[Michael Wood <michael x3n me uk>]

Well.. I've always called it my mobile elastic hydrocarbon polymer 
eradicating utility.

and besides, it's much more catchy than "eraser"

- Michael
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Alex Hudson wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 15:28 +0000, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
>  
>
> > So it's just me who still calls them rubbers then, and uses them
> > to rub things out? 
> >    
>
> I don't think so - I think most people call them rubbers. I think it's a
> informal colloquialism, though, and wouldn't expect to see that written
> down (as someone said, Smith's don't sell them - I have a Smith's
> "Tablet Eraser" in front of me).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex.
>
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