I will never forget this story my percussion teacher, who is from the UK, told us in band class back in 2003.
In America, everyone knows when we say rubbers, we mean condoms. Well apparently, the British refer to erasers as rubbers, for good reason because erasers are indeed rubbery. But that's not the point.
When I was in high school, I had a percussion band teacher who was British. He decided to share this story with us when he went to a store in America to buy "a rubber."
My teacher said he approached the counter and said to the clerk, "I would like to buy a rubber." The clerk says, "Well sir, they come 5 in a pack." My teacher replied, "That's ridiculous! One would last me a year!"
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