【英文什锦菜 】橡皮不叫 ..., 叫 ...

The classroom in the Cathedral of Learning was packed with students.  I was among them; I was taking my first exam since coming to America.  Maybe because I was a bit nervous, the exam had barely started before I miswrote a word.  I looked at the #2 pencil in my hand.  It was just a pencil, without the part that I was hoping I could use to get rid of the misspelt word.  So, I plucked up the courage and raised my hand.  "Yes?" the professor up front inquired.  "May I have a rubber?"  I asked.  The roomful of students fell dead silent.  The professor came over, face perceivably red, and whispered into my ear: "It's called an eraser."

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• 哈哈，you must not be the only one who has used this wrong word. -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 07:12:16

• if you really got it from the professor, it might work too :) -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 07:13:48

• I'd say yours is a safe guess; countless Chinese -ibelieu- ♀ (57 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 09:20:21

• 在中国学英语是大瞎带小瞎 -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 09:27:00

• Haha, good one. It is common for us to make this kind of mistake -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 10:56:59

• 那rubber到底是啥呀？ -Zhuzitaba- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 11:17:28

• 柱子爸明知故问：） -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 11:35:00

• 我当然知道，就是想看看您如何回答俺 ：）：）：） -Zhuzitaba- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 11:47:53

• 这个笑坦没帖过么？ -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 11:35:00

• So, when the rubber meets the road...... -Marauders- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 12:06:24

• :) :) :) -ibelieu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 17:32:22

• 以前我也这么说，发现小朋友不这么说才意识到：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 13:41:21

• 小朋友瞪你了吧，现在小朋友早熟：） -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 13:49:00

• 好奇去查了一下，才知道啊 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 13:55:19

• A good one -老地雷- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2022 postreply 23:17:05

• 恭喜ibelieu。首页进来，谢谢网管，英文什锦菜 橡皮不叫 ..., 叫 ... 推荐成功 -梅雨潭- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/26/2022 postreply 17:15:32

• Rubber 是不是英式英语？ -7824- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/26/2022 postreply 22:06:55

• 我们在国内学的，很多都是英式表达。 -7824- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/26/2022 postreply 22:08:46