Quids Vs Pounds

[David Morris]

Nice.  Quid pro quo.  Something of value for possible trade.

Thanks.

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 10:06 PM Jan Devenish <jndvnsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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