I was surprised to find that Americans don't really know the word "rubbish". I mean, I know they say trash, but I expected people to at least know that rubbish was a synonym, but some didn't. (From the small subset of New Englanders with whom I checked.)
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Date: 2012-05-24 11:08 am (UTC)I was surprised to find that Americans don't really know the word "rubbish". I mean, I know they say trash, but I expected people to at least know that rubbish was a synonym, but some didn't. (From the small subset of New Englanders with whom I checked.)