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When did felt tip become "Sharpie"?

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ChocChipHandbag · 25/05/2023 00:45

Just that really.

Printed by a thread in which the British OP said she'd write her phone number on her kids' arms "in sharpie" when they went to busy places.

OP posts:
Phos · 30/05/2023 17:24

@isthismylifenow slops!! I had no idea what he was on about when he first said that!!

CloudPop · 30/05/2023 17:33

@isthismylifenow totally ! Koki pens and takkies

Phos · 30/05/2023 21:16

@isthismylifenow He looked slightly scared and said "It's a pen.... what do you want me to say?"

When I said "Its not a koki?" He agreed that it was and that he's sure he's called it that before when talking to me and then asked who I'd been talking to about Safferisms.

Bubblyb00b · 30/05/2023 21:26

Sharpie is not just a felt tip, its a permanent marker! How silly to think its the same thing - use any felt tip and then use Sharpie, see how easy it it to clean))

isthismylifenow · 31/05/2023 05:55

Phos · 30/05/2023 21:16

@isthismylifenow He looked slightly scared and said "It's a pen.... what do you want me to say?"

When I said "Its not a koki?" He agreed that it was and that he's sure he's called it that before when talking to me and then asked who I'd been talking to about Safferisms.

I reckon he just couldn't bring himself to say felt tip 😂

He could have called it a 'dingis'. 🤣

It's a term for something when the name doesn't spring to mind. Like 'thingmebob' .

bathty · 31/05/2023 06:04

Printed by a thread in which the British OP said she'd write her phone number on her kids' arms "in sharpie" when they went to busy places
But a sharpie is different to most felt tips in that it would be harder to wash off?

ShippingNews · 31/05/2023 06:07

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 25/05/2023 08:00

How is it an Americanism?

Sharpie is just the brand name, like Coca Cola or Cadbury's.

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Exactly. How can it be an Americanism, when Sharpies are used here.

bladebladebla1 · 31/05/2023 06:14

Ey, we either have felt tips or sharpies. Sharpies last a lot longer and write better, they're not the same.

bladebladebla1 · 31/05/2023 06:14

I need to start reading replies before I type ffs

orangeclubsarebest · 31/05/2023 06:19

Sharpie is a permanent marker. Felt tip is a colouring pen for kids. That's how I see it anyway. I don't use the two names interchangeably.

Original poster
ChocChipHandbag · 31/05/2023 08:01

Bubblyb00b · 30/05/2023 21:26

Sharpie is not just a felt tip, its a permanent marker! How silly to think its the same thing - use any felt tip and then use Sharpie, see how easy it it to clean))

How rude.

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LotsOfBalloons · 31/05/2023 08:05

I think after 6 pages of unanimously being told they are different things that OP may now know that 😁.

Phos · 31/05/2023 08:43

isthismylifenow · 31/05/2023 05:55

I reckon he just couldn't bring himself to say felt tip 😂

He could have called it a 'dingis'. 🤣

It's a term for something when the name doesn't spring to mind. Like 'thingmebob' .

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Come to think of it, I'm sure he's said "dingis" before and in the context it jussounds enough like thingum that my brain didn't register that he was talking Saffer.

I still haven't manage to convince him that the crunchy things in packets made by walkers are crisps and not chips.

isthismylifenow · 31/05/2023 12:12

Phos · 31/05/2023 08:43

Come to think of it, I'm sure he's said "dingis" before and in the context it jussounds enough like thingum that my brain didn't register that he was talking Saffer.

I still haven't manage to convince him that the crunchy things in packets made by walkers are crisps and not chips.

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Sorry OP, derailing your thread here .

@Phos when you see your dh tonight, greet him with 'hello Bokkie'... 😂. Or possibly even 'my (pronounced may) Bok Bok.

It's not rude, I promise.

Then he will know for sure you've been chatting to a fellow Saffer.

They are chips, and always will be chips.

Hot chips aka slap chips. (Pr. Slup)

Or a packet of chips.

Two different things, same name yes. Not unlike the pens.

StarlightLady · 31/05/2023 12:37

A sharpie is a felt tip, but a felt tip is not necessarily a sharpie.

Phos · 31/05/2023 13:45

isthismylifenow · 31/05/2023 12:12

Sorry OP, derailing your thread here .

@Phos when you see your dh tonight, greet him with 'hello Bokkie'... 😂. Or possibly even 'my (pronounced may) Bok Bok.

It's not rude, I promise.

Then he will know for sure you've been chatting to a fellow Saffer.

They are chips, and always will be chips.

Hot chips aka slap chips. (Pr. Slup)

Or a packet of chips.

Two different things, same name yes. Not unlike the pens.

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I've called him Bokkie on and off since I met him :) And more recently sometimes sing Bokkies Jag by Ricus Nel at him (I understand enough Afrikaans to know its a bit inappropriate)

isthismylifenow · 31/05/2023 14:05

Phos · 31/05/2023 13:45

I've called him Bokkie on and off since I met him :) And more recently sometimes sing Bokkies Jag by Ricus Nel at him (I understand enough Afrikaans to know its a bit inappropriate)

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😂 It is quite the catchy treffer.....

(I had never heard it before believe it or not....)

sashh · 02/06/2023 05:04

JustJoinedRightNow · 27/05/2023 09:45

I also am intrigued to know why a pp said magicians have been using sharpies for years…

They are permeant and they can be seen easily from a distance, if you watch any tricks on TV that have someone sign a card it will be a sharpie.

There are tricks you can buy that have you put a sharpie through a card, or your hand or through anything - because sharpies are all the same size and shape the trick makers can use those dimensions.

They are quite thick so you can make them into a companion for a PK ring so you can float cards or roll pens as though you have telekinesis.

Magicians tend to use a card manufacturer called 'Bicycle' so card tricks or trick decks are Bicycle and lots of coin magic uses half dollars.

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