Timeline for Hypernym for anything you would write on?
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| Feb 28, 2023 at 18:37 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | But the articles for Stylus and Pen both use the term "writing utensil" showing the actual commonness of the term, even by Wikipedia users. This bias towards Writing Implement on Google comes from the algorythmn using Wikipedia to canonically group synonyms. But other search engines like Bing don't have this bias. So, if you search on Bing you get 278,000 results for writing utensil which is more than the 185,000 results you get for writing implement which is what Wikipedia redirects you to. | |
| Feb 28, 2023 at 18:37 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @Lambie That is because Wikipedia redirects "writing utensil" to "writing implement" to reduce redundant articles. When Wikipedia does this, it means they have multiple articles and merge them into whatever article happens to be most complete, not necessarily the most widely used term. The original page en.wikipedia.org/w/… was lacking content so it was merged into the writing implement page as a synonym. | |
| Feb 28, 2023 at 15:26 | comment | added | Lambie | @Nosajimiki When I googled writing utensil, up popped Wikipedia with writing implement or instrument. The article does not mention utensil at all. I have never heard writing utensil and I hang out with people ranging from elites to "trailer" trash in the US NE. | |
| Feb 28, 2023 at 15:18 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | Quick internet search also shows tons of uses of this phrase by fairly reputable websites. study.com/academy/lesson/… , grammarcheckerpro.com/writing-utensils-list , whenyouwrite.com/writing-utensils , wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/writing_utensil.html , etc. | |
| Feb 28, 2023 at 15:10 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @Lambie Might be more regional then. I wanted to double check my assumptions; so, last night I asked a few people I know to complete the sentence "Pens and pencils are examples of a writing ___." and all 5 people answered "utensil"... not exactly a publication worthy sample size, but I think it proves the point that at least it belongs to an established dialect, and not just some weird thing that only I say. | |
| Feb 27, 2023 at 23:43 | comment | added | Lambie | Believe me, writing utensil is not used by anyone I know in the States regardless of Merriam Webster. It is not actually in the definition and that sample sentence is weird. | |
| Feb 27, 2023 at 19:58 | history | edited | Nosajimiki | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 27, 2023 at 19:55 | comment | added | Steve | Portable writing surface | |
| Feb 27, 2023 at 19:34 | history | edited | Nosajimiki | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 27, 2023 at 19:32 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @Lambie Writing instrument, writing implement, & writing utensil are all correct terms, though some regions may consider one term more preferred than another. For example, British English considers utensil to exclusively be a kitchen or domestic tool, but American English is a different. The Merriam Webster dictionary definition #2 is "a useful tool or implement" and specifically uses "Writing utensil" as the example given of this non-kitchen use of the word. But thanks for raising this concern. I'll go ahead and revise the question to better account for different English dialects. | |
| Feb 25, 2023 at 19:26 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Feb 25, 2023 at 18:55 | comment | added | Lambie | writing instrument and kitchen utensil, please. | |
| Feb 11, 2020 at 22:16 | vote | accept | Nosajimiki | ||
| Feb 11, 2020 at 22:04 | answer | added | TaliesinMerlin | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 11, 2020 at 21:24 | answer | added | user372711 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 15, 2019 at 16:40 | comment | added | jsw29 | Why exactly do you reject writing surface? Is it just because it sounds inelegant? Given that the need for this hypernym does not arise very often, there may not be anything more elegant. | |
| Dec 15, 2019 at 11:33 | answer | added | Kris | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 15, 2019 at 7:36 | comment | added | Xanne | Perhaps medium—a tablet, paper, a chalk board, the wall of a cave, a digital medium | |
| Dec 15, 2019 at 6:56 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @nnnnnn Not a bad thought, but I am looking for a word that encompasses the whole thing. | |
| Dec 15, 2019 at 6:54 | history | edited | Nosajimiki | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 15, 2019 at 6:35 | comment | added | nnnnnn | Writing surface? | |
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