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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.
A quid is a pound. So is twenty bob. A tenner is ten pound. Confused ? You will be in a minute.........................................
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By the way. I know what a euro is, but what the feck is a euor?? 
an euor is a donkey
Just wait until people start talking about monkeys, ponies, and so on!
David
quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
an euor is a donkey
my parents were once offered 20 camels for me when we were in Morroco......
Kin ell!!
You mean, they kept you instead of swapping for 20 cigs.
They must like you.......
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 Withdrawn.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 Withdrawn.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 Withdrawn.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 Long withdrawn.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 Withdrawn.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.
score = £20
Ned.
Ayrton Senna.
Cockney rhyming slang for tenner. 
So what about Deep sea diver (Fiver)
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
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.
there you go derf,i think that answered your question(not)
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...
Yes but will it fit in a gas meter
So wots "six quid" then...£4 less than a tenner or a poorly octopus ?
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
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]
isn't a tenner a fat operatic singer ?????
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Not a lot of people know that!
David
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
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
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 worked in millimetres for a long time but I think in imperial, same with weights and fluid measurements. I still drink pints though. When I
was at work the younger lads couldn't work purely in millis as they had been taught in metres. I would measure something as 2150 and they would
look blank. I like the woodyard method of measuring. 3"x 2", certainly sir how much. 8ft please. Oh, we only sell it in metres.
Dont worry Peteff,even for those who are used to it it's not allways that clear either.
Metalworkers usually work in millimeters.
Woodworkers use centimeters and roadworkers and surveyors use meters,so
2471 is the same as 247.1 and 2.471.
It's comfortable to know though who submitted the figures,the welder,the carpenter or the bricklayer
Ok, I think I got it, If I want to buy something that cost $100 UK, I would have to spend ten-tenner, the equvalent of 10 fat opera singers.
No, cuz $100 is only worth about 50 quid!
Or 1/10 of a monkey!
So it would only be worth 5 opera singers!
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
I actually order meat in grammes.
Ok, so I need to get myself a few squid, to pay $100
What about a "beer token" - A sum of liquid money offered to someone in return for some help or advise
beer token = anything from £1.50 - £3.00 (depending on where in the country you live)
[Edited on 23/5/04 by chris.russell]
If I'm buying from abroad I use this site to give me an idea of the real cost.
http://xe.com/
It's pretty accurate. At the moment $100 is worth £55.96p or 83.34eur
quote:
Originally posted by chris.russell
What about a "beer token" - A sum of liquid money offered to someone in return for some help or advise
beer token = anything from £1.50 - £3.00 (depending on where in the country you live)
[Edited on 23/5/04 by chris.russell]
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For 50 cents a beer such a bingo night would become a complete chaos overhere...if it's real beer
quote:
Originally posted by pbura
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
I actually order meat in grammes.
And pull out a little change purse to pay for it, no doubt
Something about measuring food and drink by the metric system seems so bleak and poverty-stricken to me. Probably the after-effect of reading a lot of existentialist European literature in my youth.
Thought in the states you order a 12 oz beer or a 20 oz beer - not an actual measure.
Or summat called a schooner - 30 oz or so?
Pitchers are a good idea - about 3 pints or so?
One thing that gets me in the commercially orineted states, is the fact that beer mats are rare - you get a tissue. A beer mad is a chance for an
advert!
atb
steve
ps
guess tissues might come in handy in some of the seedier bars
quote:
Originally posted by Alan B
quote:
Originally posted by chris.russell
What about a "beer token" - A sum of liquid money offered to someone in return for some help or advise
beer token = anything from £1.50 - £3.00 (depending on where in the country you live)
[Edited on 23/5/04 by chris.russell]
Or at my local bar on Monday (bingo) nights....50c.....about 27p....
(OK the pints here are 4/5 of a UK pint, but still it's a hell of a deal.......
Alan, the image of you playing bingo every monday will stay in my head whenever you comment now!
You've totaly destroyed your reputation now.
Gone are the images of some stud with a model on each arm.
In is the image of a sad pensioner argueing over their seat in the bingo hall!
Terry