Quids Vs Pounds

[David Morris]

And from the US, do "bucks" originally refer to horses?

David Morris

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 10:09 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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