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Yumurtlayan kalem

English translation: Push-A-Point Pencil

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Turkish term or phrase:Yumurtlayan kalem
English translation:Push-A-Point Pencil
Entered by: SeiTT

11:11 Oct 2, 2009
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Pens
Turkish term or phrase: Yumurtlayan kalem
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
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:32
Push-A-Point Pencil
Explanation:
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.
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Cansin Cemil Cinar
Ireland
Local time: 20:32
Grading comment
many thanks excellent
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5Pop-a-Point pencil
Selcuk Akyuz
5 +4Push-A-Point Pencil
Cansin Cemil Cinar
5Self-charging pencil
Salih YILDIRIM
5 -1spawning pen
Ayhan Keser
2 +1pencil with replacable/dispensable tips
Özden Arıkan
Summary of reference entries provided
A little definition
Michael Mestre

  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
spawning pen


Explanation:
i think you can use spawning pen...

Ayhan Keser
Türkiye
Local time: 22:32
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pencil with replacable/dispensable tips


Explanation:
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.

Özden Arıkan
Germany
Local time: 21:32
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Push-A-Point Pencil


Explanation:
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-pen...
    Reference: http://www.bakerross.co.uk/product-Arctic-Pals-Push-a-Point-...
Cansin Cemil Cinar
Ireland
Local time: 20:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
many thanks excellent

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cenk Haznacı
25 mins
  -> Teşekkürler
agree  Salih YILDIRIM
36 mins
  -> Teşekkürler
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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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Self-charging pencil


Explanation:
Bu da olur derim!

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 15:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Pop-a-Point pencil


Explanation:
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.

Selcuk Akyuz
Türkiye
Local time: 22:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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
  -> Teşekkür ederim
agree  Fatih Mehmet Şen: Totally agree
3 hrs
  -> Teşekkür ederim
agree  Engin Gunduz
3 hrs
  -> Teşekkür ederim
agree  Güzide Arslaner
14 hrs
  -> Teşekkür ederim
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Reference comments


10 mins
Reference: A little definition

Reference information:
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/

Michael Mestre
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
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