Mama Geek Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I grew up hearing crayons, and it has just been within the last few months I have heard people refer to them as colors. Is it regional or something? But that is what my mom called them last time we were together too and that isn't what she called them when I was growing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail4476 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 It must be regional; I've heard a few people say it, but we all say "crayons." Pet peeve: "crowns." :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We called them colors when I was young. Many years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmMusa Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 crayons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug's Mom Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I used colors in the early/mid-70s in Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I call coloured pencils coloured pencils and crayons crayons. They are completely different things. But my Canadian DH calls coloured pencils - pencil crayons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We called them colors when my boys were little. They couldn't say crayon. I kinda like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've never heard crayons called colors. I did have a friend from Scotland who used crayon as a verb instead of color, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I grew up saying colors. I'm 45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 It might be regional. I vaguely remember hearing "colors" when I was younger. What makes me crazy is when people say "color crayons." :blink: Which isn't quite as bad as "tuna fish" (is there any kind of tuna that is not fish??). "Chapter books" also makes me go :blink:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I grew up in the PNW and have never heard them called colors. I'll have to pay more attention to what people call them around here. I vaguely remember hearing color crayons when I was little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I think it must be a regional thing. I recall hearing that as well, but randomly throughout my life, and from different people. I've never heard crayons called colors. I did have a friend from Scotland who used crayon as a verb instead of color, though. That sort of makes sense... Paint is a verb. We pencil things in and chalk lines... It's odd that it seems so odd to crayon and, yet, it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwynn Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I'm from the south (AL) and saying "colors" was pretty common when I was a kid. After I got married, we moved around quite a bit, and now live in FL. I say "crayons" to my own kids, with the emphasis on the first syllable. :D You can take the girl out of the country... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've never heard "colors" until this thread. Though my college roommate and I nearly came to blows over pronouncing "crayon" (cray-on vs. cran; I concede now that she was probably right). Which isn't quite as bad as "tuna fish" (is there any kind of tuna that is not fish??). As I figure it, "tuna" is that lovely piece of seared fish seasoned lightly with cracked pepper and crusted with sesame seeds. "Tuna fish" is the stuff in the can I use to make sandwiches. Completely different! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We called them colors when I was young. Many years ago... We did too. I remember learning as a very older child...6th/7th grade...that the proper term was crayons. I spent my early years in Houston, if that explains it as a regional thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I grew up in MN, and we said colors too, but we knew they were crayons. Maybe at home they were colors, but at school crayons? However, seeing it in black and white it looks and sounds wierd in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 "Tuna fish" is the stuff in the can I use to make sandwiches. Completely different! :) That would be "canned tuna." Because there's no such thing as, say, tuna dog, or tuna banana. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I grew up in MN, and we said colors too, but we knew they were crayons. Maybe at home they were colors, but at school crayons? However, seeing it in black and white it looks and sounds wierd in my head. :iagree: I grew up in Nebraska. I did have a minor flip-out when my elementary aged nieces (that lived near Philadelphia) pronounced crayon as "crown".:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 That would be "canned tuna." Because there's no such thing as, say, tuna dog, or tuna banana. :lol: Linguistically, I agree with you entirely. But I still can't imagine the stuff in the can being anything other than tuna fish. Canned salmon (because salmon fish sounds absurd), canned mackerel. But tuna fish. :) Nah, you're right. I just kind of like the doofiness of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've only heard them called crayons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We called them colors when I was young. Many years ago... :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghee Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I do remember calling them colors, or hearing them called colors. Like someone else, I call them CRAYons, y'all. :D ETA: I was elementary school age in the 80s and lived in Tn, if that narrows down a region/timeframe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I grew up in the PNW and have never heard them called colors. I'll have to pay more attention to what people call them around here. I vaguely remember hearing color crayons when I was little. I grew up it the PNW and do remember them being called colors and crayons. LOL Probably just the people we were around. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) It must be regional; I've heard a few people say it, but we all say "crayons." Pet peeve: "crowns." :glare: I don't get the "crowns" either.... We say crayons (and did in Maryland, Georgia & Tennessee). They were called crayons when I was growing up (graduated from high school in the early '80s). Edited November 10, 2012 by CathieC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 As I figure it, "tuna" is that lovely piece of seared fish seasoned lightly with cracked pepper and crusted with sesame seeds. "Tuna fish" is the stuff in the can I use to make sandwiches. Completely different! :) :iagree: although I have never had tuna cooked that way, I will have to try it, sounds yummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 I had thought it was regional to Louisiana area which is where dh is currently working, that was until I heard my mom say it. It does sound like it is used in lots of different areas, it is just strange that I had never heard it until we came here and then my mom used it. She is nowhere near here. I can understand young kids saying colors because they aren't able to say crayons. Dd says lots of things differently until she gets to where she can say them the right way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Which isn't quite as bad as "tuna fish" (is there any kind of tuna that is not fish??). "Chapter books" also makes me go :blink:. That would be "canned tuna." Because there's no such thing as, say, tuna dog, or tuna banana. :lol: Got me thinking on this one, since we don't do this to other fish. So I turned to the dictionary, as it turns out tuna is also fruit: Here's wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia and Merriam Webster http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Got me thinking on this one, since we don't do this to other fish. So I turned to the dictionary, as it turns out tuna is also fruit: Here's wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia and Merriam Webster http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuna LOL - I know that's the word for prickly pear cactus fruit in Mexican Spanish, but I've never heard it used in English (but I guess people of Mexican descent might very well use it rather than the English). I learned the Mexican word first, then when I went to Spain found that "tuna" there means a university band that serenades young ladies at their balconies. A bit different. :lol: I have never heard crayons called colors. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 That would be "canned tuna." Because there's no such thing as, say, tuna dog, or tuna banana. :lol: Linguistically, I agree with you entirely. But I still can't imagine the stuff in the can being anything other than tuna fish. Canned salmon (because salmon fish sounds absurd), canned mackerel. But tuna fish. :) Nah, you're right. I just kind of like the doofiness of it. It you are in one of our regional grocery stores, these would all fall into the category - along with canned chicken and deviled ham - they refer to on their signage as "can meat". :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I forgot all about it until this thread, but in Colorado as a young girl we used to call them colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changed Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I admit it--I call them "crowns". That's what I thought they were called until I was an adult and someone FINALLY corrected me. They thought I was asking for a tiara. :lol: I don't know why my parents never corrected me. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 My grandmother used to call them colors. I wonder if it is an older way of referring to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We used both terms when I was a kid, but I haven't heard anyone say colors in a long time. I asked DD if someone asked her to get her colors whether she would know what they meant. She had to think a few seconds before saying, "crayons?" I assume no one at her school calls them that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've never heard them called that, and I have lived most of my life in north Alabama. Pet peeve: "crowns." :glare: One of my best friends from school says this, and it drives me NUTS! :lol: It's CRAY-ons! "Chapter books" also makes me go :blink:. That differentiates from books without chapters. Picture books are just one long piece of writing, but chapter books are broken into chapters. :) "ATM machine" drives me nuts though. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I am going with regional. I have never heard crayons referred to as colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've never heard "colors" until this thread. Though my college roommate and I nearly came to blows over pronouncing "crayon" (cray-on vs. cran; I concede now that she was probably right). "Crans" is the correct way, isn't it? ;) My husband teases me that I pronounce it with one syllable. Of course, he also teases me about how I say elementary, despite wikipedia verifying that it is a legitimate local accent from where I was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 That differentiates from books without chapters. Picture books are just one long piece of writing, but chapter books are broken into chapters. It would be odd if a teen or adult still called them chapter books, but it's a completely logical distinction for younger readers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 It would be odd if a teen or adult still called them chapter books, but it's a completely logical distinction for younger readers. I think at the teen/adult stage, we just call them "novels". :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 They were colors in various parts of the south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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