09-13-2012, 03:34 AM
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#101 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thekremlin
In England, one percent of a pound is a "pence". Fine, they have different names for things, you get used to it. But they abbreviate "pence" to "p". As in, a can of soda costs "ninety-nine p". This is exactly like if Americans called "cents" "c"s. THE WORD "PENCE" IS SHORT ENOUGH.
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Incorrect.
1% of a pound is a penny. The plural of penny is pence.
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