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InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 week agoIn Spanish the word for pen can also be for a feather.
Pluma
I think its more of a Latin America thing as textbooks prefer to use bolígrafo
Comment on Bird leaf
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 week agoIn Spanish the word for pen can also be for a feather.
Pluma
I think its more of a Latin America thing as textbooks prefer to use bolígrafo
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 week ago
In English, too, with the word quill. Though the word now specifically means a pen made from a feather rather than a pen in general, and calling a feather that isn’t being used as a pen a quill is very archaic.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The spindle housing of a drill press is called a quill, oddly enough.