--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Speak English, please. > > > > > > > > > > What the hell is "tuppeny shit"? > > > > > > > > Prior to decimalisation in 1972, the pound was > > > > thoughtfully divided into twenty shillings, each > > > > shilling being divided into 12 pennies. Tuppence > > > > is two such pennies. > > > > > > > > To test your comprehension, if you have three > > > > pounds fiveteen shillings and fivepence in > > > > your pocket, and you need to divide this between > > > > seven friends, how much will each person receive, > > > > and how much will be left over? > > > > Uns. > > > > > > > > > Each person will receive 129 pence with 2 pence left over. > > > > > > Put in more currency-correct English, that is 10 shillings, 9 > pence > > > each with 2 pence left over. > > > > > > Or...enough for each person to buy an order of bashers and > > > mangers...or is it mashers and bangers? > > > > Ten and nine; absolutely correct.
> > > > > It would have got > > us into the cinema with an ice cream at the interval > > and kept us out of the way for the rest of ther day > > with, as you suggest, bangers and mash (or more likely > > fish and chips). > > > > Your reward for this excellent homework is this: > > http://www.padrak.com/ine/FABFACTS.html > > Uns. > > Hey, does that mean that Mason -- a home-grown Brit -- was wrong > with HIS answer? -): Yes, if his was anything other than 10/9 with tuppence left over. I didn't see his response; maybe he should write out "I must improve my basic arithmetic" fifty times. (Now you will understand that when decimalisation happened, we soon stopped complaining. Uns. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
