original: The black core of pencils is still referred to as "lead", even though it never contained the element lead.
simplifications: The black core of pencils is called "lead", even though it never contained the element lead. The black center of pencils is called "lead", even though it never contained lead. The black core of pencils is still referred to as lead. Pencils have never had lead. The black core of pencils is still called as "lead", even though it never contained lead. The black core of pencils is still called "lead." However it never had the element lead. The black core of pencils is called "lead" even though it is not lead. The black part of pencils is called "lead", even though it never contained the element lead. A pencil core is still called "lead", even though it never contained the element lead. The black core of pencils is still called lead even though pencils don't have lead. The black core of pencils is referred to as "lead". However, it never contained lead.