[Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 26

[Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin]

Daily Lesson 26

Money – 1

(Note:  As we have been dealing in Elizabethan/Shakepearian English, so
too will our discussion of money reference English coinage.)

All coins, including pennies, are silver or gold.  There is no copper
money.  Though older coins may be debased with copper or brass, no one
would mistake a shilling for a penny, for example, as the difference
(size, weight) is very obvious.

There is no paper money. You cannot, for example, have a 5-pound note.

The basic denominations are pounds, shillings, and pence:

12 pence make a shilling
20 shillings make a pound

In writing, the abbreviation for:
penny is d
shilling is s
pound is £

Example:  2 pounds, 3 shillings and 4 pennies would be written:
          £2 3s 4d
          and spoke of would be
          "2 pounds, 3-and-4"

A penny is a coin. One of them is always a penny, not a pence. The term
pence is used ONLY for amounts of more than one penny, and refers to
worth.

If you have a pouchful of 1-penny coins, you have several pennies, which
values several pence.

Two pennies (or a two-penny coin) are tuppence (TUP-pence).
Three pennies are thruppence (THRUP-pence).

Shakespearian Word/Phrase of the Day:
	Coil – trouble or strife.
	“Belike we shall find him in the midst of the coil; ‘tis there he seems
most happy.”

Padraig
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Nunc est bibendum.
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