Re: Phoneme winnowing continues
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 9, 2003, 16:06 |
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Tristan McLeay wrote:
> Hm... I've never heard them called pencils before. They're normally
> called pacers here. Which I'm pretty sure is another trademark...
Strange. You Aussies seem to be more prone to making trademarks common
nouns than we Americans. :-) They're always called "mechanical
pencils" or sometimes just "pencils" here.
> (I hate pencils/pacers. Except maybe for drawing, but I don't do any of
> that. If I make a mistake, I generally prefer to cross it out so I can
> see where I've been, the exception being with good copies, but places
> like Schools and Unis generally don't accept things written in pencil
> anyway.)
I prefer pencils myself, except when I'm in a situation where I can't
easily sharpen it, then I'll use a pen, so as not to have to worry about
breaking the lead.
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