Quids Vs Pounds

[David Morris]

But is quid slang?

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 10:00 PM Jan Devenish <jndvnsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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> 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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