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 To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
