Quids Vs Pounds

[Jan Devenish]

The slang money expression 'quid' seems first to have appeared in late
1600's England, derived from Latin (quid meaning 'what', as in 'quid pro
quo' - 'something for something else').

On 17 February 2018 at 23:05, Jan Devenish <jndvnsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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