"Fibre tip pen"?

[Mehrgan]

Hi there,

Is there any informal term used by children for this kind of pens used for drawing? (In BrE, please)

How about felts?


Ta!

[bhaisahab]

Hi there,

Is there any informal term used by children for this kind of pens used for drawing? (In BrE, please)

How about felts?


Ta!

They are often called "felt tips".

[Mehrgan]

They are often called "felt tips".

Thanks. So it's quite common to hear a child saying, 'I drew it with my felt tips.'?

[bhaisahab]

Thanks. So it's quite common to hear a child saying, 'I drew it with my felt tips.'?

Yes.

[5jj]

It's now thirteen years since I worked with British pupils/students (11-18), so my contribution may appear dated.

Way back then (), unless someone particularly wanted to specify exactly what sort of writing tool they were referring to, pen covered: felt tips (large and small), fountain pens, ball-point pens (biros to my generation), board markers, magic markers, the thingies that you touched a computer screen with, etc.

[Ouisch]

In AmE it's common to describe any felt-tip pen as a Magic Marker.