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how do you pronounce pounds and pennies?
With dollars, $1.50 is a dollar-fifty or a buck-fifty or one dollar and 50 cents. $1,000 is a grand. $100 is a C-note or a Benjamin (both are not common). What are some of the names you use for amounts in pounds?
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- SIR ROY. .K.GLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
A Pound has been called a Quid allegedly from the phrase "quid pro quo" also called "a nicker",a "Lady Godiva " for a "Fiver" £5,a "cock and hen " for £10,a "Darwin " £10 due to the image of Charles Darwin on a £10 note ,a "Bag of sand " £ 1000,a "Pony " is £25,a "Monkey " is £500
- Anonymous5 years ago
As a overseas learner of English (German via birth), I discovered it from the BBC like no other English phrase, suggested like "is-shu", the place the "shu" is a micture of "sue" and the "sh" as in "shoe". It's a tongue-breaker, and i've heard it often again considering the fact that I started to be taught English, and my individual favourite is "iss-yoo", without a "sh" sound involved, but leaving the "you" in "u" intact. I'm now not a linguist, however...