question for the brits
 

when is a pound a pound and when is a quid a quid?

:helpme

Every day?

Just saying...

"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.

The use of the word 'quid' is similar to the usage of 'buck'.

a dollar is half a quid and a pound is a hell of a lot of dollars right now. lol

Depends on who you're talking to.
Same with monkeys and ponies.

You would have a Ayrton Senna if you had 10 quid

money, cash, bread (bread & honey, money), dough, readies

£1 = quid, nicker, cherry (cherry picker, nicker), nugget, sov
£5 = fiver, jacks (alive, five), lady godiva, bluey
£10 = tenner, cock and hen
£20 = score
£25 = pony
£50 = nifty, half a ton
£100 = oner, long 'un, ton
£200 = deuce
£500 = monkey
£1000 = carpet roll, grand

There are more but mostly newer ones, the above is pretty much the long-standing 'staple' slang terms, including some cockney rhyming slang.

i cant afford to be british... :(