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Nizarsouth
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What we use to clean the board
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Hi colleagues! I �d like to ask about the name of what we use to clean the board. Is it correct/ appropriate to call it duster? Thanks for your help. |
9 Jun 2011
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HollyHirst
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Hmmm, I say �board rubber � but that �s almost definitely a British English thing! I don �t know what other options are out there. Personally, I �d say duster was wrong. That refers specifically to a cloth used for removing dust from furniture etc (dusting!). I �d check with speakers from other natives from other countries too though. |
9 Jun 2011
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redcamarocruiser
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For old fashioned chalk boards and smart boards and white boards I call it an eraser.
In Germany they do not use an eraser like here in the US. My German colleague tells me that they use water and a squeegy (like we use for wasing windows. He sways that washing the board instead of erasing it cuts down of chalk dust.
http://www.homeroomteacher.com/images/eraser_chalkboard.jpg is what I call an eraser.
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9 Jun 2011
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ELMO.
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I call it eraser!! hope this helps :) |
9 Jun 2011
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tulpen25
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I clean my whiteboard with a cloth. A duster is usually yellow and something I associate with polishing furniture. |
9 Jun 2011
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Zora
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Definitely, an eraser. 
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9 Jun 2011
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almaz
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Definitely a duster....
...in Scotland and Ireland...
...and maybe Hong Kong...
...and some other parts of the English-speaking world...
...where an eraser is also a rubber and dusters can also be feather and cotton and wool and felt and paper and horsehair and polypropylene and...
...coats...
...and planes...
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9 Jun 2011
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annna
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What about a sponge and water? 
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9 Jun 2011
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abba
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According to wordreference eraser in AmE and board rubber in BrE. Hope it helps. |
9 Jun 2011
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almaz
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Duster is OK and perfectly appropriate. Where did you come across the word anyway?
[If, for example, you wanted to sell one or more of these items, what word would you use to describe it? Well, see here, here and here.]
By the way, I haven �t used a blackboard/chalkboard for years, but I do remember that using a damp cloth was a no-no.
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9 Jun 2011
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