Quids Vs Pounds

[David Morris]

This source says "bucks" refer to deer.

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/heres-why-dollars-are-called-bucks

David Morris

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 10:13 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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