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Glossary entry

Turkish term or phrase:

Yumurtlayan kalem

English translation:

Push-A-Point Pencil

Added to glossary by SeiTT
Oct 2, 2009 11:11
14 yrs ago
Turkish term

Yumurtlayan kalem

Turkish to English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general) Pens
Hi,

This page has an example.
http://www.hepsiburada.com/productdetails.aspx?CategoryId=21...

Doesn't "yumurtlamak" mean "to lay an egg"? I am unable to understand in what sense a pen can lay an egg.

Best

Simon
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 Push-A-Point Pencil
5 +5 Pop-a-Point pencil
5 Self-charging pencil
5 -1 spawning pen
2 +1 pencil with replacable/dispensable tips
References
A little definition
Change log

Oct 2, 2009 11:11: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Proposed translations

+4
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Push-A-Point Pencil

Push-A-Point Mechanical Pencil da uygun olur diye düşünüyorum.

The solution to your pencil sharpener problem — OK, well, that was never really a problem. But Push-A-Point mechanical pencils were all the rage when I was in elementary school. When you were out of lead, just pop off the top and another tip would be ready.
Reference:

http://onceuponawin.com/2009/08/18/win-pics-push-a-point-pencils/

http://www.bakerross.co.uk/product-Arctic-Pals-Push-a-Point-Pencil-X261.htm

Peer comment(s):
agree Cenk Haznacı
25 mins
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agree Salih YILDIRIM
36 mins
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agree Michael Mestre : Looks right - luckily, my own elementary school was spared by this epidemic :/
1 hr
Thanks - same here, I'm sure they're still fond of it :)
agree Özden Arıkan : Pencil sharpening is a great distraction and pastime in classes, I think that's why this invention never became too popular with kids :-)
1 hr
Thanks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "many thanks excellent"
-1
11 mins

spawning pen

i think you can use spawning pen...
Peer comment(s):
neutral Michael Mestre : nice idea but I'm afraid that the term is already taken in another context (with the other meaning of 'pen') : http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01510.x
3 mins
disagree Özden Arıkan : spawning pen is an enclosure where spawning animals, namely fish, are kept
5 mins
i think this pen spawn new tips like animals spawn...
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+1
11 mins

pencil with replacable/dispensable tips

This is rather an explanation based on guessing - I've no idea about its English name even if my guess is true: if you look at the picture, it's one of those pencils with replacable tips. Once the lead on its tip has run out, you take the plastic tip out, insert it in the hole in the rear end of the pencil, so it pushes forward the other tips inside and one with fresh new lead pops out from the front end of the pencil. "Yumurtlamak" is to be thought in the sense of a "continuous feed" here.
Peer comment(s):
agree Cuneyt Arslan : totally agree.. i've seen one in the hands of my daughter.. that's how i know :)
1 hr
I remember using them myself at school, which was deep into the previous century ;-)
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1 hr

Self-charging pencil

Bu da olur derim!
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+5
41 mins

Pop-a-Point pencil

http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/01/15/pop-a-point-pencil...

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-02 12:53:04 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil

Pop a Point Pencils
Also known as Bensia Pencils is a type of pencil where many sharp points are housed in the body of the pencil in cartridge style plastic holders, removing a blunt point by pulling it from the writing end of the body and re-inserting it to the top of the body causes the next point to appear from the writing end of the pencil body.
Peer comment(s):
agree Özden Arıkan : Old one pushes, new one pops - all depends on where you look from :-)
1 hr
Hiç böyle bir kalemim olmadı, yakından bakamadım yani :)
neutral Cansin Cemil Cinar : Exactly, the same meaning, pushing lead is the entrance as back side, popping lead is the exit, there is no difference, that's the synonym
1 hr
Thanks for the detailed information and for your peer comment, although 'neutral' :)
agree Melda Perincek
2 hrs
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agree Fatih Mehmet Şen : Totally agree
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agree Engin Gunduz
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agree Güzide Arslaner
14 hrs
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Reference comments

10 mins
Reference:

A little definition

http://www.itusozluk.com/goster.php/yumurtlayan kalem

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Note added at 12 mins (2009-10-02 11:23:33 GMT)
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Another one, less detailed but which explains why we are talking about laying eggs:
http://www.uludagsozluk.com/k/yumurtlayan-kalem/
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