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What do Brits call their dollar? |
Travel Info like i know its pounds but do they actually say i have three pounds? also what's a shilling? and why is it in some u.k. books they call their money dollars? Travel Tips In the UK the curency is Pounds Sterling or the British Pound (GBP). We talk amount amounts in terms of pounds and pence such as 'three pounds' or 'seven pounds and 28 pence'. Usually though the 'pence' is omitted so it becomes 'seven pounds 28' just as in the US you'd say 'seven dollars 28'. In 1971 the UK currency was 'decimilised' so that there were 100 pence in the pound. Prior to that there were 12 pennies in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound. A shilling in 'old money' is 5 pence in 'new money'. Some people, particulalry those who grew up prior to decimilastaion use the term shilling to refer to 5 pence so if someone says they bought an item for 10 shillings it's the same as saying 50 pence. As for calling our money dollars this isn's something I've come across. There's lots of slang terms and below is a list I provided as part of a previous answer... --------------- 拢1,000,000 - Bar, Bernie (after Bernie Ecclestone who donated 拢1 million to the Labour party) 拢100,000 - Plum 拢2000 - Archer (after the politician Jeffrey Archer who allegedly paid 拢2000 to a prostitute) 拢1000 - Grand, Bag of Sand 拢500 - Monkey 拢100 - Ton, Century, One-er 拢50 - Nifty, Pretty Nifty, Bullseye (50 on a darts board) 拢30 - Dirty, Bertie 拢25 - Pony 拢20 - Score, Bobby Moore, Apple Core, Bobby Gentry, Plenty 拢10 - Tenner, Wedgy Benner, Paul McKenna, Ayrton Senna, Mother Hen, **** and Hen, Pavarotti (tenor) 拢6 - Poorly Fish (from sick squid - ie six quid) 拢5 - Fiver, Lady Godiva, Pam Shriver, Deep Sea Diver, Scuba Diver, Rocket (Stephenson's Rocket was on the back of 拢5 notes), Jackson (after the Jackson 5), Bluey (the colour of the 拢5 notes) 拢4 - Desmond (From Desmond 2 2) 拢2 - Beer Token (about the cost of a pint of beer), Double Nugget 拢1 - Quid, Squid, Bin Lid, Nicker, Alan Whicker, Nugget, Maggie (after Maggie Thatcher, said to be thick and brassy like a 拢1 coin) In 1971 the UK decimalised it's currency. Prior to that there were 12 pennies in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound. A shilling was 5 pennies. Some people still use the term 'shilling' to mean 5 (decimal) pence. A shilling was also called a 'bob' hence '2 bob' is ten pence, a '10 bob note' was a 10 shilling note (no loner in use but worth 50p). There were several other pre decimal coins with unusual values such as a 3 penny coin (threpence), a 6 penny coin (sixpence) and a half penny coin (ha'penny). The UK currency consists of 拢50, 拢20, 拢10 and 拢5 notes. The coins are 拢2, 拢1, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p and 1p. Here it get's a bit confusing as there are 4 different types of bank notes in the UK. Most are issued by the Bank of England but 3 banks in Scotland also produce their own banknotes. The designs of all the notes are different and some Scottish banks produce 拢100 and 拢1 notes as well. When decimilisation came in there was a half pence coin, 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p and 50p coins. Since then the 拢1 note has been replaced by a 拢1 coin, 20p and 拢2 coin have been introduced and the half pence piece has been withdrawn. The 5p, 10p and 50p coins have been replaced with smaller coins. Others schilling was in the olden days like 20's 30's we say "oh thats a tenner" (meaning thats ten pounds or "thats 3 pounds" or in slang "3 quid" pound (slang:quid) we never had dollars, it is sterling They call them pounds, Which is 100 pence. The current exchange rate is roughly 1.6 times the american dollar. fifty pence (say "fifty pee") -or there abouts depending on the exchange rate. yes we do say I have three pounds, usually when it gets to the front of the supermarket que. A shilling is an old coin which is no longer used. Dont know how much it was worth in its day, I wasnt alive then. (I am 25) we never call our money dollars. never ever. If we did it'd not be worth the same amount. The rate of exchange says they'd be worth only about half as much and we'd lose money. Who would do this??! Whom ever says the pounds are dollars is either trying to be american or is secretly american and has let the phrase slip. A shilling is a 5 Pence=.05 cents American Brits call there dollar a British Pound Sterling. here try this web.. it can answer ur ques.. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/... good luck.. |
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