Re: Karandash/Caran d'Ache

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From: Tom Kovar
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 12:45

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ct@dde.dk (Claus Tondering) writes:
: In Russian a pencil is called "karandash", a word of Asiatic
: origin, I believe.
: 
: There is a French (or possibly Swiss) pencil-making company that
: call their product "Caran d'Ache". Is this derived from the
: Russian "karandash"?

  Vice versa. Caran d'Ache was the first corporation, selling pencils in
Russia, thus the word was derived from the name of the corp. A Swiss one,
btw.
								Tom

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