"Ysgrifbin"

Translation: A pen

[shwmae]

This is technically a correct Welsh word, but please don't ever use it unless you want funny looks. Go for beiro or pen!

[y_ddraig_las]

I did wonder why I had never heard this word when doing Welsh at school!

[CroesoJohn]

I nearly choose your name y ddraig las.

[PushythePirate1]

Funny story : my friend from Wales was visiting me in the US and asked for a beiro. I looked at her with the blankest look. It led to a conversation as to why it was called that. I had never heard the word before.

[DesertGlass]

Yeah in Australia "biro" is kinda a retro word from the 80s ... most people probably know what it is, but it's just easier to say pen

[CroesoJohn]

I believe a biro is named after the inventor.

[mizinamo]

I believe a biro is named after the inventor.

Correct. bíró is Hungarian for "judge", and was the surname of László Bíró, who patented the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen.

[Margaret885737]

Diolch o galon shwmae! Dw i newydd ofyn am hynny!

[shwmae]

Croeso!