National Pencil Day (30 March)

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Sujet : National Pencil Day (30 March)
De : benlizro (at) *nospam* ihug.co.nz (Ross Clark)
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Date : 02. Apr 2024, 22:23:53
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Sorry, I got behind. Too late for you to celebrate.
(1) I like pencils. I rejoice when I find one, among the heaps of dead and dying ballpoint pens, in the kitchen. I can use it to add something to the shopping list. If the point's broken or dull, I have a little pencil sharpener that can fix it. Old tech, still works. Pencil keeps on working until it's...gone!
(2) First appears in English ca.1350 meaning a small fine-tipped paint brush. (Its closest cognate is French pinceau, which still means 'paint brush'.) The device we now know as a "pencil" was invented in the 16th century, and the earliest attestations use expressions like "pencil of black lead" -- the graphite came from Borrowdale (Cumbria), and was at first mistaken for a lead ore.
(3) Etymology: Not related to "pen" (Latin penna 'feather').
But related to "penis" (Latin pe:nis 'tail', pe:nicillum 'paint brush').

Date Sujet#  Auteur
2 Apr 24 * National Pencil Day (30 March)5Ross Clark
3 Apr 24 `* Re: National Pencil Day (30 March)4Athel Cornish-Bowden
3 Apr 24  +* Re: National Pencil Day (30 March)2Aidan Kehoe
3 Apr 24  i`- Re: National Pencil Day (30 March)1Christian Weisgerber
4 Apr 24  `- Re: National Pencil Day (30 March)1Antonio Marques

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