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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
English in UK
"pences"
We've never really recovered from decimalisation of the currency, have we? But I thought I'd heard all the ghastly permutations such as "five pees". Until today, when I heard a radio advert (for one of the many cheap calls providers" which referred, over and over again, to "pences".
That advert must have been through many, many hands, from the person who wrote it to the people who approved it, to the director who recorded it and the actors who voiced it. Can nobody distinguish between a singular and a plural any more?
Molly Mockford
I think I've been too long on my own, but the little green goblin that lives under the sink says I'm OK - and he's never wrong, so I must be! (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)
That advert must have been through many, many hands, from the person who wrote it to the people who approved it, to the director who recorded it and the actors who voiced it. Can nobody distinguish between a singular and a plural any more?
Molly Mockford
I think I've been too long on my own, but the little green goblin that lives under the sink says I'm OK - and he's never wrong, so I must be! (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)
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[nq:1]We've never really recovered from decimalisation of the currency, have we? But I thought I'd heard all the ghastly permutations ... who recorded it and the actors who voiced it.
- [nq:1]We've never really recovered from decimalisation of the currency, have we?
- But I thought I'd heard all the ghastly permutations ...
- who recorded it and the actors who voiced it.
- [/nq] Can nobody even read the back of a coin - "ONE PENNY", "TWO PENCE", FIVE PENCE", TEN PENCE", "TEWNTY PENCE", "FIFTY PENCE"?
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[nq:1]We've never really recovered from decimalisation of the currency, have we? But I thought I'd heard all the ghastly permutations ... who recorded it and the actors who voiced it. Can nobody distinguish between a singular and a plural any more?[/nq]
Can nobody even read the back of a coin - "ONE PENNY", "TWO PENCE", FIVE PENCE", TEN PENCE", "TEWNTY PENCE", "FIFTY PENCE"?
Peter Dun
Can nobody even read the back of a coin - "ONE PENNY", "TWO PENCE", FIVE PENCE", TEN PENCE", "TEWNTY PENCE", "FIFTY PENCE"?
Peter Dun
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[nq:2]We've never really recovered from decimalisation of the currency, have ... nobody distinguish between a singular and a plural any more?[/nq]
[nq:1]Can nobody even read the back of a coin - "ONE PENNY", "TWO PENCE", FIVE PENCE", TEN PENCE", "TEWNTY PENCE", "FIFTY PENCE"?[/nq]
Golly! That one coin will fund your retirement.
Matti
[nq:1]Can nobody even read the back of a coin - "ONE PENNY", "TWO PENCE", FIVE PENCE", TEN PENCE", "TEWNTY PENCE", "FIFTY PENCE"?[/nq]
Golly! That one coin will fund your retirement.
Matti
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[nq:2]Can nobody even read the back of a coin - "ONE PENNY", "TWO PENCE", FIVE PENCE", TEN PENCE", "TEWNTY PENCE", "FIFTY PENCE"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Golly! That one coin will fund your retirement.[/nq]
Sadly that was my typo.
Peter Duncanson
UK
(posting from u.c.l.e)
[nq:1]Golly! That one coin will fund your retirement.[/nq]
Sadly that was my typo.
Peter Duncanson
UK
(posting from u.c.l.e)
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[nq:2]Golly! That one coin will fund your retirement.[/nq]
[nq:1]Sadly that was my typo.[/nq]
I missed the typo, as well, but was athinking that the legend on the coin must be up to at least 50 billion pounds by now.
http://www.dacha.freeuk.com/sotr/
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[nq:1]Sadly that was my typo.[/nq]
I missed the typo, as well, but was athinking that the legend on the coin must be up to at least 50 billion pounds by now.
http://www.dacha.freeuk.com/sotr/
Songs of the Ridings by F.W. Moorman:
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[nq:1]We've never really recovered from decimalisation of the currency, have we? But I thought I'd heard all the ghastly permutations ... who recorded it and the actors who voiced it. Can nobody distinguish between a singular and a plural any more?[/nq]
It may be horrible, but it's not new. OED2:
b. Applied colloq. as sing., orig. to a ?new penny? of the decimal currency introduced in 1971
It may be horrible, but it's not new. OED2:
b. Applied colloq. as sing., orig. to a ?new penny? of the decimal currency introduced in 1971
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Over here in America, that statement, sadly, is getting close to the literal truth.
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[nq:1]We've never really recovered from decimalisation of the currency, have we? But I thought I'd heard all the ghastly permutations ... who recorded it and the actors who voiced it. Can nobody distinguish between a singular and a plural any more?[/nq]
Hi,
I'm not a native speaker, can anyone tell me the differences between penny, pees, pences ??
It seems to me that most people use "p
Hi,
I'm not a native speaker, can anyone tell me the differences between penny, pees, pences ??
It seems to me that most people use "p
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[nq:1]I'm not a native speaker, can anyone tell me the differences between penny, pees, pences ??[/nq]
"Penny" is singular, "pee" or "pees" is horrid (see below), "pences" is the equivalent of referring to "sheeps" since "pence" is the correct plural form.
[nq:1]It seems to me that most people use "pees" for the plural and "penny" for the singular ? is it correct ?[/nq]
I think that mo
"Penny" is singular, "pee" or "pees" is horrid (see below), "pences" is the equivalent of referring to "sheeps" since "pence" is the correct plural form.
[nq:1]It seems to me that most people use "pees" for the plural and "penny" for the singular ? is it correct ?[/nq]
I think that mo
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At 18:44:10 on Tue, 2 Nov 2004, John Hall wrote in (Email Removed):
However, the correct usage (for the benefit of non-native speakers) is one penny, two pence, three pence etc. You may occasionally hear "two pence" pronounced as "tuppence" or "ten pence" pronounced as "tenpence" (i.e. the "pence" part is unstressed), because these are specific values of coins so one can be referring to
However, the correct usage (for the benefit of non-native speakers) is one penny, two pence, three pence etc. You may occasionally hear "two pence" pronounced as "tuppence" or "ten pence" pronounced as "tenpence" (i.e. the "pence" part is unstressed), because these are specific values of coins so one can be referring to
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[nq:2]between a singular and a plural any more?[/nq]
[nq:1]Hi, I'm not a native speaker, can anyone tell me the differences between penny, pees, pences ?? It seems to me that most people use "pees" for the plural and "penny" for the singular ? is it correct ?[/nq]
One penny, two pence. A lot of people say: 1p (one pee), 2p (two pee), 10p (ten pee) etc.
"Pees" or "pences" are not used b
[nq:1]Hi, I'm not a native speaker, can anyone tell me the differences between penny, pees, pences ?? It seems to me that most people use "pees" for the plural and "penny" for the singular ? is it correct ?[/nq]
One penny, two pence. A lot of people say: 1p (one pee), 2p (two pee), 10p (ten pee) etc.
"Pees" or "pences" are not used b
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