Topers or Parers or sharpers

Nevyn

when you break the nib on ur pencil which is it you would use ?

yes and not mechanical pencils thank you !

why god why am i asking all will be revealed later .

The Sweeper

"sharpener" for me...

And I can imagine where this thread is going - after all, I am currently in residence in the UK, where "pudding" is "dessert" as opposed to something you have a christmas, and you're likely to get a very strange look if you tell someone something is "in that press behind you", or ask "pass the thumb tacks" or a multitude of others...

Sandi

I never understood why people said parer/pairer/however the hell you spell it. It was always a sharpener to me!

Makaveli

Sharpener here aswell.

Pairer as in repair maybe, I dunno, never thought about it.

seamus

Originally posted by Sandi
I never understood why people said parer/pairer/however the hell you spell it. It was always a sharpener to me!

Cos it pares the pencil. It's a perfectly apt name Pare

And the leftover bits are know as the parings.

I used to always call them parers, but would know what you were saying if you said "Have you a sharpener?".

If someone asked me for a topper I'd think they were trying to score drugs or something

But not having owned a pencil since 6th year, it hasn't come up very much recently

Silverfish

It was always a parer to me.

Then again, I grew up in the country.

We didn't use 'erasers' which caused much mirth when I went to college.......

byte

Yup, I call them sharpeners too. <reminisce>When I was at school erasers were always known as "rubbers"! </reminisce> Of course the word has different meaning now!

MrNuked

Is this not one of those nonsense polls that get you banned no?

The Sweeper

Originally posted by MrNuked
Is this not one of those nonsense polls that get you banned no?

Nah. Those tend to have titles like "Shaven or Unshaven, which do you prefer..."

Gordon

Shaven are far superior. I would use a sharpener for that, or indeed a razor.

amp

I don't use pencils, they are too analog for me.

Johnny Gomez

Parer all the way!

imp

Originally posted by Silverfish
We didn't use 'erasers' which caused much mirth when I went to college.......

Surely you're referring to "graphite removers"?

}:>

Wolf

To me a parer is sharpener and wtf is a toper ?!?!?!?!

and jesus gorden a razor are you one of those 102 smelly old art teachers

pugwall

Ive always known them as parers. Sharpeners, hmmmmm, kids sharpening their graphite filled weapons.........

Gordon

Originally posted by Wolf
and jesus gorden a razor are you one of those 102 smelly old art teachers

Oh, I thought we had moved on from the original topic.

Sandi

Originally posted by seamus
Cos it pares the pencil. It's a perfectly apt name Pare

And the leftover bits are know as the parings.

I used to always call them parers, but would know what you were saying if you said "Have you a sharpener?".

If someone asked me for a topper I'd think they were trying to score drugs or something

But not having owned a pencil since 6th year, it hasn't come up very much recently

Don't patronise me. I'm not thick and I know pare is "a perfectly apt" word, but when I was younger, in primary school, I knew pare (pear) to be a fruit and the thing you used to sharpen your pencil was a sharpener. I also called it a sharpener because in stationary shops they were called "sharpeners".

Gordon

I think I'm going to keep a calendar and note down certain boards user's fidgety moments, then I'll know when not to say anything next month. I'll pass it on to ye Seamus

Wolf

Again what is a toper ?

byte

A topper is a sharpener or another name for said product!

I suppose it was called a topper because it puts a top on yer pencil

TomTom

I always ask for a pencil parer

seamus

Originally posted by Gordon
I think I'm going to keep a calendar and note down certain boards user's fidgety moments, then I'll know when not to say anything next month. I'll pass it on to ye Seamus

Heh, words right out of my mouth

Big Chief

i use a parker pencil, hence i just click the top and more pencil comes out..

in answer to your original question though, sharpner

hacktavist

Originally posted by Monty - the one and only

The next Poll starter of a spammy poll gets a 1 month ban, the next one after that gets a 2 month ban, and so fourth.


The rest of you may be able to ignore those polls but I have to read every response, and its not somthing that I care to do.

Id consider it spammy tbh.
I think its on 9 months.

Monty - the one and only

Since there have been a good deal less muppetry polls attempeted lately, I'll be over looking that rule for a while.


Do NOT take advantage of this, because whoever dose will earn a pernament ban...That I will not revoke no matter the circumstance.

solice

oh my god ppl. its a topper, what is wrong with ye. it has always been, is now and forever will be called a topper

CuLT

Its a parer :rolleyes: .

What the hell is with this "topper" nonsense?

Also, sharpener isn't as great as you can't derice a word like "parings" from it. "Sharpenings" just doesn't cut(get the pun :P) it.



[The girls seem to be getting a bit tetchy of late, what with that dispute over merc's tagline . ]

b3t4

Pfft parers, how proper.....

Gimme a topper any day. They does the job too you know!!

A.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

parer, always.

JohnK

Its always been a parer for me. I don't mind a sharpener but a topper irritates the hell out of me.

Nemici

yeah it was always a parer for me, I have never heard of topper ?? was that was only said in the deepest darkest recesses of private schools ???