Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 5, 2003, 6:57 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nik Taylor" <yonjuuni@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: USAGE: Re: Re: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)
> Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Yep. We have a British Monopoly set back home that someone we knew (I
> > forget just who) bought for us when they went to England. We also have
> > a German edition bought by someone who went to Germany. :-)
>
> Funny thing about the German edition is that all the prices are
> multiplied by 20. The smallest bill is the 20 Deutschmark, you get 4000
> Deutschmarks for passing go, etc. The British just replaced dollars
> with pounds, but kept everything the same.
Although in the 1930s, they should have divided everything by 4, for total
accuracy. Whcih means Mayfair would have cost 100 pounds.
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