Hey English people

[IronFist]

What does "quid" mean? I keep reading it at seethru.co.uk.

IronFist

[OneStrike]

slang for pound, as in unit of currency.

[TaoBoy]

Jolly good question, old chap...and a smashing response.

[Stranger]

What's a "bob" when talking about British money?

[OneStrike]

same as quid now, but it used to be a shilling (20 pence) before decimal currency.

[tnwingtsun]

This thread could turn into one of those funny Fosters commercials

[IronFist]

Thanks, mate

Cheers!

IronFist

[rubthebuddha]

ironfist, you renob. they're called "limeys," not english people.

(as the yankee flees for his life )

[IronFist]

rubthebuddha, that's not nice. Just because they make up different words for elevator, apartment and bus is no reason to make fun of them.

Speaking of which, while my apartment does have a bus that goes to it, it does not have an elevator. <---- HAHAHAHA YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I JUST SAID!!!!

That being said, for you guys that have seen Austin Powers 3, that scene where Austin and his dad are in the bedroom with the chicks and Austin's like "if we're going to speak English, let's speak English English."... that part cracked me up. Did you guys understand what they were actually saying?

I forgot, what's the expression for crazy? "all 6's and 7's" or something? WTF did that come from?

IronFist

[TigerJaw]

Originally posted by OneStrike
same as quid now, but it used to be a shilling (20 pence) before decimal currency.

No it's not.

The old currency was 20 Shillings in a pound, 12 pennies in a shilling. So a shilling or bob works out to be 5 new pence. The old currency was written as L. s. d. for pound shilling and pence. The modern pound sign is still, in fact a stylised L but the d. has dissapeared.

and no, I'm not old enough to remember personally.

[Shadow Dragon]

And the British rejected the metric system originally because they thought it was too complicated.

Seeya.

[Repulsive Monkey]

who on earth said a shilling was 20 pence!!?? Obviously not someone from the UK?? A shilling used to be 5 pence.

[Repulsive Monkey]

I've always thought that the Americans calling us Limeys has always been an insult which is lost on the Americans. For historically all it denoted was our care a nd preservation in matters of hygiene in long distance sea faring journeys and our medical know-who to avoid scurvy. Everyone else around the world used to die of it apart from us Limeys.
So I guess it a kind of sour grapes compliment to us really.

Cor blimey guv,innit!

[TigerJaw]

Strike a light!

#Chim-chimeny, chim-chimeny, chim-chim, cherrie #

[AdrianUK]

Ironfist

So what do we call a bus thats different ?