Quids Vs Pounds

[Jan Devenish]

I'm English.
You can have a quid, two quid... one hundred quid.
'Lend me a quid.'
'I'm not paying more than thirty quid.'
You'd never say quids plural.



On 17 February 2018 at 22:49, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> But 100 quid is equal to 100 pounds, right. My question was about slang.
> Quid is slang, like bucks, right?
>
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 9:40 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> quid is only ever in the singular. i did think bob was another
>> equivalence but i was wrong on that. english money 100 yrs ago was quite
>> amusing in its complexity. like the monty python mattress store skit
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 3:04 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is Bucks Vs Dollars an equivalent?
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>
>>
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