how the word CRAYOLA came to be

Discussion in 'Random Thoughts' started by cerridwen, May 5, 2006.

  1. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    CRAYOLA...

    broken down, the word CRAIE, Greek for 'chalk' (although also has French roots, among other languages) and OLA, latin for 'oil'. CRAIE*OLA = CRAYOLA, 'chalk oil'.

    So, there you go. I learned that from watching Oprah yesterday.

    I suck.

    Hope that's random enuf for ya.
     
  2. AshtonsMom

    AshtonsMom Banned

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    How 'bout that. :D
     
  3. indescribability

    indescribability Not To Be Continued

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    I was just about to say you watch entirely too much oprah. My mom had that shit on as I was leaving for work yesterday afternoon.
     
  4. Boogabaah

    Boogabaah I am not here

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    i like on sesame street when they go to the crayon factory.. my favorite bit
     
  5. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    lol, believe it or not, I almost never watch Oprah, I barely watch tv at all. But I'm glad I did yesterday, I absorbed an absolutely useless peice of information.
     
  6. bird_migration

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    The most entertaining pieces of information are the usually the useless ones.
     
  7. hippychickmommy

    hippychickmommy Sugar and Spice

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    Oh I love that too! :D
     
  8. indescribability

    indescribability Not To Be Continued

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    That was nothing but one giant advertisement after another. And they made oprah her own color? I wanted to throw something at the tv when I saw that shit.
     
  9. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    lol... true me too. But part of me was also jealous... I want my own crayola colour!
     
  10. steffan

    steffan puffin

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    i wonder what weird ass names they went through to come up with that one,
    i missed that epsiode of ss , unless it had grover, ernie or the band in it i probaly wouldnt like it anyway
    i want to move to sesamme street and party with oscar
     
  11. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    well the idiot box is not ever random enough for me. it's too gratuitously conventional, because it's too dependent on the circular illogic of little green pieces of paper. which is why, part of why, i prefer the internet instead. but i don't mean to be judgemental either, however much i must probably sound that way.

    =^^=
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