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I found a half pence the other day. Ahhhh those were the days.

Red Pen!!

The singular of our currency coins is penny: plural is pence. I have
just
complained to the post office who offer a discount of once pence (sic)
to
people in the 020 area (i.e. London) who have one of their telephone
cards.

So, say after me: "I found a half PENNY the other day" (You may say
ha'penny, like what we used to do in my younger days... I remember the
fare
to school used to be 3 ha'pence - or 1 1/2 d : or 1.5 old pence, which
equals 0.5 new penny)

How about "I found a half pee"?
If my students talk about 2 pee or 3 pee I ask them if they have change
for
a carrot!

;-)

Why do they say that? We never said we had half a dee when we had
ha'pennies! in good old Pounds Shillings & Pence days (Nearly said LSD
days....)

Yeahbut, we didn't say half penny either!
(And I don't like 'pee' either. - Don't start Griffiths!)

--
Ellie


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