Re: Slang for money [was: Re: Backup Consensus?]

["Jeffrey L. Taylor" <jeff@austinblues.dyndns.org>]

Quoting Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk>:
> I tend to use terms like "quid" or "pound" because I still expect
> pound (£) signs to be turned into hash (#) signs by non-British
> equipment. To make matters worse, Americans sometimes call hash signs
> pound signs, so asking "did my pound signs come out OK" can get a
> misleading answer. Puzzles me a bit - I thought # was an American
> symbol anyway - does it just have two American names, one of which is
> better at crossing oceans? (Because "pound" is heavy, and sinks?)
> 

Americans use # as an abbreviation for the measure of weight we still
use, 2.2# = 1kg.

Jeffrey