Query on Shilling

> and what is 'shilling' ?

5p

"Gareth Hardy" <gareth@sentientsolutions.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > and what is 'shilling' ?
>
> 5p
>
>

Pence, damnit, PENCE! <g>

Ali

"Jenny M Benson" <jmb@cedarbank81.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <bg1ea5$jopvi$1@ID-97728.news.uni-berlin.de>, Ali Hopkins
> <fn62@dial.pipex.com> writes
> >> 5p
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Pence, damnit, PENCE! <g>
>
> I think you're being a bit unreasonable there, Ali.
>
> I am as keen as anyone on the correct use of "pence" rather than "p",
> and therefore I read the above amount as "5 pence" or even "fivepence"
> just as I used to read "5d" as "fivepence."

Now, I didn't - but I will admit to being somewhat prissy on the topic.

>
> It is perfectly correct to write 5p, just as we always wrote 5d.
> (Perhaps you weren't around then?)

Flattery will get you *everywhere*. <g>

>
> What is *not* correct is to say "one pence"!
> --

<shudder> The Antichrist.

Ali

"Ali Hopkins" <fn62@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Jenny M Benson" <jmb@cedarbank81.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:GJQOk5BajQJ$Ewsr@cedarbank81.fsnet.co.uk...
> > In message <bg1ea5$jopvi$1@ID-97728.news.uni-berlin.de>, Ali Hopkins
> > <fn62@dial.pipex.com> writes
> > >> 5p
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >Pence, damnit, PENCE! <g>
> >
> > I think you're being a bit unreasonable there, Ali.
> >
> > I am as keen as anyone on the correct use of "pence" rather than "p",
> > and therefore I read the above amount as "5 pence" or even "fivepence"
> > just as I used to read "5d" as "fivepence."
>
> Now, I didn't - but I will admit to being somewhat prissy on the topic.
>
> >
> > It is perfectly correct to write 5p, just as we always wrote 5d.
> > (Perhaps you weren't around then?)
>
> Flattery will get you *everywhere*. <g>
>
> >
> > What is *not* correct is to say "one pence"!
> > --
>
> <shudder> The Antichrist.
>
> Ali


Please stop crossposting to amoe.

Thank you.

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