excuse me, but i've just received a letter from my solicitor pointing out that all written references to the Biro pen must be capitalized, as it is a registered trademark.
alternatively the general term is ballpoint pen.
thank you for your kind attention.
PS: Jon, if you're worried about dialup users then please change your massive avatar which is roughly 1000 times larger than it need be.
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