[HPforGrownups] Re: Speaking of money

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 87600



Geoff:
Except we have no one pound note now. In general terms, pounds are
often called "quids" as in the sort of situation "lend me a couple of
quid would you?" or "the new DVD player set me back 80 quid". And of
course a "grand" is 1000.

K

Oh come on, everyone here is totally missing the opportunity to confuse our
American cousins with the sort of slang that seventies cop shows would have
you believe is used by *every* criminal in the world (and used car dealers
but no one else, it was a sort of shorthand in the minds of writers for
convincing you that a certain character was dodgy) - monkey, pony etc etc.


K