derf
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:21 PM |
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Can you explain british money?
Ok, so I know what a euor is, I know what a pound is. What is a quid and a tenner? These kinda have me a little confused.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:24 PM |
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A quid is a pound. So is twenty bob. A tenner is ten pound. Confused ? You will be in a minute.........................................
Cue.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:26 PM |
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By the way. I know what a euro is, but what the feck is a euor?? 
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:29 PM |
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an euor is a donkey
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:29 PM |
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Just wait until people start talking about monkeys, ponies, and so on!
David
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
an euor is a donkey
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richijenkin
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:37 PM |
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my parents were once offered 20 camels for me when we were in Morroco......
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:47 PM |
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Kin ell!!
You mean, they kept you instead of swapping for 20 cigs.
They must like you.......
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timf
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:47 PM |
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try
Nine bob note:
Insult. "As bent as a 9 bob note."
Quid:
£1.
Nicker:
£1.
Guinea:
21 shillings. Term still used in horse racing and auctions.
Fiver:
£5.
Lady Godiva:
£5. Cockney rhyming slang for a fiver.
Tenner:
£10.
Pony:
£25.
Half a ton:
£50.
Ton:
£100.
Monkey:
£500.
Grand:
£1000. "k" in "Yuppie-speak."
on old days
try and understand this lot
Half farthing:
½ farthing. Small bronze coin, minted from 1830s to 1850s and used mainly overseas. Recently, I was surprised to find one dated 1844 in a drawer.
Other coins included quarter and third farthing.
Farthing:
¼ penny. Small bronze coin. Withdrawn.
Halfpenny:
½ penny. Small bronze coin.
Penny:
Chief every-day coin until modern times. Originally silver. Later a large bronze coin.
Twopence (Tuppence):
2 pence. Silvery coin. Withdrawn.
Threepenny Bit (Thrupenny Bit, Thrup'ny Piece):
3 pence. Small thick 12-sided brass coin. Withdrawn. Unpopular with some people, but welcomed by children as a gift from kind Aunts. I recently found
one which had been wedged under the boiler installed in my house in 1968, to stop it from wobbling.
Groat:
4 pence. Silvery coin. Long withdrawn. Price of a short Hackney Carriage ride in early Victorian London
Also means a trifling amount.
Sixpence:
6 pence. Tanner. Popular small silvery coin, often hidden as a gift in Christmas puddings. Replaced by 2½ new pence.
Shilling:
12 pence. Bob. Small silvery coin. Replaced by 5 new pence.
Florin:
2 shillings. Large silvery coin. Replaced by 10 new pence.
Half-crown:
2 shillings and 6 pence. Half a dollar. Large silvery coin.
Double-florin:
4 shillings. Large silvery coin. Withdrawn.
Crown:
5 shillings. Large silvery ceremonial coin.
Note. The modern decimal crown has a face value of £5.
10 shilling note:
10 shillings. Paper note replaced by the 7-sided 50 new pence piece.
Half-sovereign:
10 shillings. Small gold coin. Rarely used.
Pound note:
£1. Paper note replaced by the modern £1 coin.
Sovereign:
20 shillings. Small gold coin. Rarely used.
Guinea:
21 shillings. Small gold coin. Rarely used. Term still used in horse racing and auctions.
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ned
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:51 PM |
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score = £20
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:52 PM |
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Ayrton Senna.
Cockney rhyming slang for tenner. 
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carlgeldard
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 02:58 PM |
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So what about Deep sea diver (Fiver)
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 03:18 PM |
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you forgot to complicate things even more by explaining pre - decimal currency.
Pre '71, there were 20 shillings in a pound, and 12 pence in a shilling.
There were therefore 240 pence in the pound
480 halfpennys in a pound
and 960 farthings
I remember having to do pre dec maths in school, such as, add the following
L S D
1 12 6
4 17 9
13 19 11
where L S D means pounds shillings and pence, not a drug........... bases where therefore
L = decimal
S = base 20
D = base 12
things were so simple 'in the old days'
atb
steve
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Peteff
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 03:46 PM |
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Nickels and dimes
What's the problem?
an euor is a donkey
Is that a bit less than a pony?. How come Cockney rhyming slang always replaces a word with a longer word or phrase instead of making it shorter?.
my parents were once offered 20 camels for me when we were in Morroco. Was that at Fat Abduls camels and kids emporium? there's a good market
for little blonde kids apparently, not fussy about gender either.
Threepenny Bit. The brass 12 sided one ran from 1937 to 1967 but there was a silver threepence from 1551 to 1944 which was about the size of a present
day 5 pence.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 04:02 PM |
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there you go derf,i think that answered your question(not)
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Cita
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 04:18 PM |
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The euro is MUCH more logic at least in seizes.
1 euro is smaller than 2 euro
half a euro( 50 cents )is... bigger than 1 euro
10 euro cent is smaller than 20 euro cent but...
5 euro cent is bigger than 10 euro cent
2 euro cent is about the same seize as 10 euro cent.
and 1 euro cent is not worth bending over to pick it up from the ground!( you never know who's behind you!)
Make sence,no...
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Peteff
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 05:02 PM |
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The euro is MUCH more logic at least in sizes
Yes but will it fit in a gas meter
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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jonti
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 05:24 PM |
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So wots "six quid" then...£4 less than a tenner or a poorly octopus ?
OFROK
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 05:34 PM |
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a cock and hen
besides a euro is for foreigners ain't it
i had to spend 5k on new scales that weighed in kilos and you still ask for a pound of bacon and half a dozen eggs cant get egg boxes that hold
five
tony
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 06:35 PM |
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In the Roman empire (i.e. most of Europe) the standard measurement of distance was the mile (mille = 1000, double-paces) and the base currency was the
Pound - well, almost - it was the Libra or As or Pondo, which is why our currency is called the Pound, and its symbol is a capital 'L' for
Libra. The Pondo is also the basis for the pound weight (it was a pound of copper, originally).
Hence the well-known Italian road race called the Miglia Mille (sp?) - a 1000 mile race. Oh, and in some Italian markets they'll know what you
want if you ask for a pound of vegetables.
Not a lot of people know that!
David
[Edited on 21/5/04 by David Jenkins]
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woodster
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 06:36 PM |
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isn't a tenner a fat operatic singer ?????
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James
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 06:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Not a lot of people know that!
David
Holland too...
James
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 09:09 PM |
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I actually order meat in grammes. At tescos deli one day, in early afternoon, I was told I ws the first person to ask in metric!
atb
steve
quote:
Originally posted by mad-butcher
a cock and hen
besides a euro is for foreigners ain't it
i had to spend 5k on new scales that weighed in kilos and you still ask for a pound of bacon and half a dozen eggs cant get egg boxes that hold
five
tony
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 09:11 PM |
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I thought ypu could ask for a completly different 'pound' in amsterdam......
quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Not a lot of people know that!
David
Holland too...
James
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 09:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
I actually order meat in grammes. At tescos deli one day, in early afternoon, I was told I ws the first person to ask in metric!
I've been surprised recently by the oldies round my way - I've often heard pensioners in Morrisons asking for 100 grammes of ham, and the
old boys in my local pub often talk about planting a 5-metre row of beans or whatever.
It's all the kids get taught nowadays, and the oldies seem to be coping - it's the ones in the middle who are struggling! 
David
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