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Originally Posted by fris
when is a pound a pound and when is a quid a quid?

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"Quid" is just slang for "pound" (money, not weight). We also used the word "nicker" in London for "pound".
BTW, and apropos of nothing, one of my favorite English sayings is: "He's as bent as a nine bob note", which means that the person being referred to is gay.