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yes they do. pencil company carandache was supplying pencils to russia.

its true. karandash means pencil in russian, that is exactly what i was saying yes. :)

well, its a trend. i remember saying "ксерокс" to describe a copy made on a copier. to this day people still say "ксерокопия"....

and xerox is only one of the companies producing copiers. nobody...

For italians, it sounds similar to the word "cacca"
(какка) an euphemism used by children for ( censored :-D ).

I found funny also карандаж. Sure it comes from
www.carandache.ch[/quote]
and...

i agree. only instead of "мне понтяно" i often hear people saying "ну, понтяно". and in this case sometimes it does sound like "непонятно"