Rubber Bands or Elastics? An Unofficial Poll

ha! Rubber baby bugger bumpers!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know.........

Australia:
- Lakky Band
- Rubber Band
- Elastic Band

My wife (from Massachussetts, where we live now) calls them elastics. Being from Virginia, I alway called them rubber bands. This is a fun little argument we have whenever someone needs one of these dang things!

Belgium-rek
Plain and simple,though probably not the proper word 🙂

"Rubber bands" where I grew up. And "Worshington," not "Washington." Oh, and "grease" rhymes with "peace," not with "peas."

Many people in the Pittsburgh area call them 'Gum Bands.'

If you don't believe me, see this official Pittsburgh dictionary:

http://www.pittsburghese.com/glossary.ep.html?type=nouns

Hahaha... a lot of interesting and funny answers! All I can say is that in Michigan, USA, we only know them as rubber bands. <sigh>

Everyone I know calls them rubber bands. 🙂

~ Cheshire Cat 😀

Originally posted by Cheshire Cat
Everyone I know calls them rubber bands. 🙂

~ Cheshire Cat 😀

Originally posted by SirLoseALot
Oh,so now you're pretending you don't know me,eh 😠

😛

Rubber bands - India. One of the legacies of the English.(Out of the many)

Originally posted by angie88
In German, they are called "Gummies"... which also means condoms.

Originally posted by arterioes
Rubber bands - India. One of the legacies of the English.(Out of the many)

Ha!
Thanks everyone! Keep em coming if you can. Being that I live in Pennsylvania, and was born and bred in Massachusetts (Go RedSox), we get into this kind of thing a lot.

Another favorite of mine - That thing? Under the house? I call it a cellar and folks here call it a basement.

Rubber bands and basement.

I am from Los Angeles.