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yes they do. pencil company carandache was supplying pencils to russia.[/quote] But pencil company carandache says this:

CARAN d'ACHE of Switzerland was founded in Geneva in 1924 and remains...

We are missing each other's points :)
People say 'to xerox' because Xerox "invented" the copy machine
People do not say 'карандаш' because of the pencil company Carandache

True, but their website says that they took their name from the Russian word for pencil :wink:

I don't know if the word comes from that company... it was founded in 1924. The pencil was invented 1564. I am sure the Russians used pencils before 1924.

I haven't noticed that difficulty. They usually just say понятно without any мне...

I can't imagine how "road" can sound like "oad"!!!

BTW, back to topic. Another word I just remembered

жужжание

Anyone head the song "муси-пуси?" :roll: I get embarrased every time I hear it...

what about идёт, that was the first word I noticed that was a little... funny.

Then there is смелый :lol: