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Topic	In the UK, they say "zed-bruh" instead of "zee-bruh"
Vampire_Chicken 06/27/23 7:08:58 AM #37:	captpackrat posted... British money used to be crazy complicated. 1 pound = 20 shillings 1 shilling = 12 pence 1 penny = 4 farthings 1 pound = 240 pence 1 pound = 960 farthings 1 shilling = 48 farthings 1 guinea = 21 shillings (1 pound plus 1 shilling) 1 half-sovereign = 10 shillings (1/2 pound) 1 crown = 5 shillings (1/4 pound) 1 half-crown = 2 shillings, 6 pence (1/8 pound) 1 florin = 2 shillings (1/10 pound) Thank God we went decimal. For a time, prices were shown in old money and new money and some of the old coins were still legal tender for a while alongside the new coins, so shopkeepers must have had a brainspazz trying to give customers the correct change. --- All the good usernames were already taken. <cite>Vampire_Chicken posted [p:974453482] in In the UK,... [t:80488700]...</cite> <quote>captpackrat posted... </cite><quote>British money used to be crazy complicated.1 pound = 20 shillings1 shilling = 12 pence1 penny = 4 farthings1 pound = 240 pence1 pound = 960 farthings1 shilling = 48 farthings1 guinea = 21 shillings (1 pound plus 1 shilling)1 half-sovereign = 10 shillings (1/2 pound)1 crown = 5 shillings (1/4 pound)1 half-crown = 2 shillings, 6 pence (1/8 pound)1 florin = 2 shillings (1/10 pound)</quote>Thank God we went decimal. For a time, prices were shown in old money and new money and some of the old coins were still legal tender for a while alongside the new coins, so shopkeepers must have had a brainspazz trying to give customers the correct change. --- All the good usernames were already taken.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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