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[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (12 children)

It's because a quid is worth much elss that it used to be, not because a mars bar is worth more (although I'm sure some of it is increased profit margins masked as inflation gouging customers too)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (11 children)

Hey, American here. I watch tons of old British telly and I thought i had a good understanding of currency terms but now I'm confused. I thought a quid is just another word for a pound?

While im here, is pence-pennies,tuppence-2 pennies, a shilling-like a dime or something,bob-just slang for pound? Plus you guys had the euro sort of wander in before brevity, it's all so confusing.

[–] r4venw 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I think of quid as the british equivalent of "bucks"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 hours ago
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