On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, at around 15:25:20 local time, Terry Thompson
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>Which reminds me, what the hell's a sterling?
Sterling is an adjective, not a noun. A pound sterling is a pound in
money, not a pound in, say, peas. It is derived from the use of small
silver coins with little stars on them ("starlings") as the main unit of
currency about a thousand years ago. A pound weight of silver coins
with little stars on them = a pound sterling.
ATB
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Mike
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