Quids Vs Pounds

[Jan Devenish]

It is, although nearly everyone, even outside London would know what you
meant. It's pretty widely included in the British lexicon.

On 17 February 2018 at 23:02, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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