I was keeping the score book at the 15-and-under girls softball game on Saturday, and one of the girls wanted to tell me about her week at school.

“This week, I learned a new word. It started with a ‘P’, and it means ‘Pen pal’. It was…. It was… Hey,” she asked one of her teammates, “what was that ‘P’ word we learned that means ‘Pen pal’?”

“You mean ‘Pseudonym’. It means ‘Pen name’, not ‘Pen pal’,” her friend replied.

“That’s the word!”

Pen pal, pen name. What’s the difference?