Color(ed) pencils, color((ing) in) books

[Neal Whitman]

For me, it's "colored pencils" and "coloring book". But from a Wiggles video, I learned (or maybe hastily generalized) that AusE has "coloring-in book".

Neal Whitman

On Mar 23, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> When I was at the appropriate age,
> the teacher called them "colored pencils."
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> "Color pencils" and "coloring pencils" sound and look weird. "Coloring book"
> - that's different.
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> JL
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> 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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