• gramie@lemmy.ca
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      9 days ago

      That would explain why a pencil, which contains a “lead” (actually a polymer or graphite now) is Bleistift

      • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 days ago

        Some call it differently because it doesn’t contain lead anymore but Bleistift is still the common name

    • M137@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Bly in Swedish. But we add some weirdness to the Bly part so a “lead pencil” is blyertspenna (“penna” meaning pencil). I can’t think of another word where that specific addiction is used, and I have no idea what it means.