Diversified shopping

[Jonathan Lighter]

When I was at the appropriate age,
the teacher called them "colored pencils."

"Color pencils" and "coloring pencils" sound and look weird. "Coloring book"
- that's different.

JL

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> I meant to mention this weeks ago, but forgot. A listing on Buy.com:
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> > Prismacolor Premier Lightfast Colored Pencils, Set of 24
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> I am used to "color pencils" or, at worst, "coloring pencils", but, I
> suppose, one could say that the lead is the same, differing only by
> addition of coloring.
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>     VS-)
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