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£1 coins What is the origin of the pound sign (£)?
This sign is simply a capital letter L, written in old-fashioned roundhand, with one or two crossbars to show that it is being used as a symbol or abbreviation. The L stands for the Latin word libra, the name of a Roman unit of weight, which also gave rise to the abbreviation lb for a pound as a measure of weight, and to the French word livre. (www.askoxford.com)
and... I'll have you know that the exchange rate is not my friend these days... 1 USD = 0.538404 GBP which means that I really do have to double all the price tags now. :P
Before, I would tell myself -- well it's really not quite double -- but so much for that! of course I had to choose the most expensive country to study abroad...
Before, I would tell myself -- well it's really not quite double -- but so much for that! of course I had to choose the most expensive country to study abroad...
posted by Anna K @ 1:49 PM
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Funny those coins got me thinking about chocolate. Guess it doesn't take much? Glad you're at least excercising your brain by doing all that math. Speaking of European money: I keep hitting that annoying Euro symbol on my laptop keyboard. They put it next to the enter and shift key.
--MOM
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