Re: Slang for money [was: Re: Backup Consensus?]
On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 10:56, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 10:08:29AM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> > A pound sterling is so-called because it was originally the value of a
> > pound of "sterling" silver. sterling comes from Easterling which is what
> > German Hanseatic merchants were called during the middle ages.
>
> I need to read less fiction and more history; to me an easterling is
> someone from beyond the Sea of Rhûn :-)
Who wants to bet where JRRT got "easterling" from????
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