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    Why are stores that sell writing material (pens, paper etc.) called stationery stores and why is paper referred as stationery?

    Question #122802. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Aug 02 11 8:52 PM)


    Barbiegurl676

    		1727, from stationery wares (c.1680) "articles sold by a stationer," from stationer "seller of books and paper" (q.v.). Roving peddlers were more common in the Middle Ages; sellers with a fixed location were often bookshops licensed by universities. The Company of Stationers, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, was founded 1556.

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=stationery

    (P.S. Stationary is an adjective that means not moving; Stationery is the writing tools :-D)

    Aug 02 11, 9:35 PM

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