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TheRealEd · 12-13-2001, 02:34 PM

Okay, I am from the UK and one of my friends asked my why 1 dollar is called a 'BUCK', I'm sure the answer is very obvious but please repsond. I realise that this is total ignorance on my part....

However, I also want to know why people in the UK call 1 pound a QUID ?

P.S - I am from Scotland and obviously spend too much time looking at porn and not paying attention to word definitions! LOL

Any help would be appreciated.

Terry

Trax · 12-13-2001, 02:44 PM

good question... but you think somebody can answer that?? why is the color red called red not green? i´d like to know

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Squishy · 12-13-2001, 02:45 PM

They should both be called Yen.

12-13-2001, 02:52 PM

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jun/9706imp.htm

First couple of paragraphs. The question was making me crazy so I just had to find out.

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Rocky · 12-13-2001, 02:58 PM

a quid is slang for a pound, a sovereign, or at times a guinea

the earliest known usage was 1688 by Shadwell "Let me equip thee with a quid"

the expression "quids in" means in profit or in luck

buck in all likelihood sprang from buck skin or buck hide -- a commodity of exchange, and metaphorically a loose measure of value, in Colonial trade with Native Americans

the earliest undisputed example of buck in the precise sense of "dollar" ("mulcted for the sum of twenty bucks") has a Sacramento provenance, and dates back only to Gold Rush times

buck seems not to have gained national popularity until the 1890s

Rocky · 12-13-2001, 03:00 PM

hehehe

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TheRealEd · 12-13-2001, 03:23 PM

nice one. thanks for the answers.Much appreciated.

Terry

Theo · 12-13-2001, 05:25 PM

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SykkBoy · 12-13-2001, 10:18 PM

hmm
I wonder why they're called apartments when they are joined together...and I wonder why it's called a building even though it's finished...shouldn't it be called a "built"?

if someone is a habitual liar and you ask them if they are lying to you, are they lying???

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12-13-2001, 02:34 PM	#1
TheRealEd Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 127	Why Is Dollar Called BUCK? Okay, I am from the UK and one of my friends asked my why 1 dollar is called a 'BUCK', I'm sure the answer is very obvious but please repsond. I realise that this is total ignorance on my part.... However, I also want to know why people in the UK call 1 pound a QUID ? P.S - I am from Scotland and obviously spend too much time looking at porn and not paying attention to word definitions! LOL Any help would be appreciated. Terry

12-13-2001, 02:44 PM	#2
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Squishy Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hiding from you. Posts: 1,809	They should both be called Yen.

12-13-2001, 02:52 PM	#4
Armed & Hammered Guest Posts: n/a	http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jun/9706imp.htm First couple of paragraphs. The question was making me crazy so I just had to find out. ------------------

12-13-2001, 02:58 PM	#5
Rocky Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Living Off The Grid Posts: 3,022	a quid is slang for a pound, a sovereign, or at times a guinea the earliest known usage was 1688 by Shadwell "Let me equip thee with a quid" the expression "quids in" means in profit or in luck buck in all likelihood sprang from buck skin or buck hide -- a commodity of exchange, and metaphorically a loose measure of value, in Colonial trade with Native Americans the earliest undisputed example of buck in the precise sense of "dollar" ("mulcted for the sum of twenty bucks") has a Sacramento provenance, and dates back only to Gold Rush times buck seems not to have gained national popularity until the 1890s

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Rocky Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Living Off The Grid Posts: 3,022	hehehe Armed & Hammered is quick on the draw

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TheRealEd Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 127	nice one. thanks for the answers.Much appreciated. Terry

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