Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)

Padraic Brown escreva:
> > FWIW, in the UK people don't generally say "penny" anymore, let alone
> > "pence". 50 pence is "fifty pee", 50p.
>
>Are they using this to name the coin, or the denomination? In
>other words, if you find a penny in the street (and bother to
>pick it up) do you say "I found a penny" or "I found a pee"?
Depends on the person. A younger person may say "I found one pee (coin)".
"pee" is only ever found after numbers..

>If I show you a coin and ask "what's this worth?", do you say
>"it's worth 20 pence" or "it's worth 20 pee"? If I ask you
>"what is it?", do you say "it's a 5 pence" or "it's a 5 pee"?
'S worth twenny pee, guv'ner. And that there's five pee.

You wouldn't say either it's "a 5 pence" or "it's a 5 pee"- the article
isn't necessary unless you add "coin" or "piece" after it.

>Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.
Been meaning to say- what does this mean?

Dan

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semo la flamma, semo la casea
semo la tuta, semo la cambea

We are the spark, we are the flame
We are the people, we are the change

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