"Fibre tip pen"?
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They are often called "felt tips".
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Thanks. So it's quite common to hear a child saying, 'I drew it with my felt tips.'?
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Yes.
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It's now thirteen years since I worked with British pupils/students (11-18), so my contribution may appear dated.
Way back then
roll, 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.
Way back then
roll, 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.
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In AmE it's common to describe any felt-tip pen as a Magic Marker.
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