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I'm searching for a word for a person who collects wooden pencils as a hobby.
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pencil-collector
-joe (anything grander would be pointless) friday
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what's pencil in Latin? add ologist to the end, and there you are.
welcome, morri!
formerly known as etaoin...
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English pencil is from Vulgar Latin pēnicellus from Latin pēnicillus double diminutive of pēnis 'tail; brush'. It seems the Romans had things bass awkward.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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The Romans used a stylus (also stilus) for writing on wax tablets. Stylologist has a nice ring, but it would probably have to include penophiles.
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they call themselves pencil collectors. - joe (all 300+ of them) friday
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I am a pencil collector who would like to correspond with pencil collectors. My favorite pencil would be the Ticonderoga and all the variations. There are more things in Heaven and Earth...
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the Ticonderoga is a very good pencil for a consumer model, though I've had problems with loose erasers. (heh) I prefer the Dixon Oriole.
I did have a student leave behind a couple of Mirado Black Warriors, and damn, that's a nice pencil.
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Do you also write or draw with those pencils? Or is it just keeping them in boxes? they call themselves pencil collectors. -joe (all 300+ of them) friday 
Last edited by BranShea; 10/05/07 07:19 PM.
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Do you also write or draw with those pencils? ah, there's the nub of the matter. - joe (whatever you do, don't google 'pencil nub') friday
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