Quids Vs Pounds

[rich]

it amuses me when americans use quid in conversation. like 'ta'--they
shouldnt

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 1:29 AM, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> In 1971 UK changed from pounds shillings and pence to decimal pounds and
> pence.
> Before that:
> A penny was a penny - twelve to the shilling,  but two pennies was
> tuppence. A shilling - twenty to the pound, was a bob and as with quid the
> plural was also bob (ten bob is now 50 pence. A six pence piece was a
> tanner - also half a bob. There was a two shilling  bit - a florin - though
> that was the formal name, you said two bob. Carrying on with the formal
> there was a crown - five shillings but they went out of circulation in the
> C19th, minted as commemorative coins since. In circulation was the half
> crown - two shillings and six pence, in everyday speech always
> half-a-crown, though 'two and six' was just commonly used.
>
> Quids was only used in the phrases like  'quids in'  or 'not for quids'.
> The money plural as Rich says is 'quid'.
>
>
> On 18-Feb-18 3:40 AM, rich 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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