On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 08:48:11AM +0000, Tom Novelli wrote:
> 
> Makes for some confusion though, like when I asked for a 1/2 peso of ham
> in a Costa Rican grocery store.. "kilos! kilos!" :)  I guess you'd really
> get some funny looks in a country with a worthless currency called the
> Peso :)

Here in the UK, when I buy a pund of cheese, I sometimes get asked if I
mean weight or moneys-worth. It only seems to happen with cheese, oddly
enough.

-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
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