Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Joe wrote:

> From: "Tristan McLeay" <zsau@...>
>
> > And they should've doubled the pounds value to get the Australian dollars
> > value, so Mayfair would've been $200 in the Aussie version :) (The
> > Australian dollar was originally half a pound sterling, so that a penny
> > was about a cent. Every Victorian should know this from their excursion to
> > Sovereign Hill (a place in Ballarat^WBallarrat (to use the spelling they
> > used then) designed to be like Ballarrat of the Gold Rush era. Prices
> > there are all in pounds of two dollars).)
>
> The Aussie version has Mayfair?  Why?
See my original post which started this sub-thread. It doesn't explain the
why, but it does say that it did till recently (and I've only seen the
newer version advertised but never played it). I originally thought it was
a British game because of this. I guess it would make Monopoly drinking
games rather more expensive in Australia, having to go all the way to
Britain and having to convert currencies and such :)

(BTW... how is the 'Leicester' as in Leicester Sq. actually pronounced?)

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
                -- Snoopy

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