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lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 04/19/2006 05:53 am In monetary terms,I know what one "gorilla" stands for...today I came across terms I have never heard before, namely "a trey", "a deener" and "a zac". Had a good laugh when I found out what they were. Does anyone else know what they are Report this Post to the Staff

rggoodie Moderator United States 23605 Posts	Posted 04/19/2006 07:50 am Wow Lim missed one Here you go mate we discussed this earlier this month see the following thread https://goccf.com/t/4707&SearchTerms=deener And I thought you never slept. Report this Post to the Staff
lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 04/19/2006 08:16 am Well it goes to show that things do get pass us when we have our guard down.... Edited by lim118 04/19/2006 08:20 am Report this Post to the Staff
Bigfella Pillar of the Community Australia 853 Posts	Posted 04/19/2006 08:50 am Heard of a trey and Zac before but not a Gorilla or a Deener. What about the modern day terms...red back and fidy. Report this Post to the Staff
Yass Pillar of the Community Australia 652 Posts	Posted 04/19/2006 4:45 pm quote: Originally posted by Bigfella Heard of a trey and Zac before but not a Gorilla or a Deener. What about the modern day terms...red back and fidy. A shilling was always known as a deener. Never heard of a 'Gorilla'. Was there ever a 100 pound note? If there was, I recall my father calling it or some other denomination a 'Donkey'. Report this Post to the Staff
lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 04/19/2006 6:53 pm Up in the North West, a gorilla means a thousand dollars...whenever someone says he has purchased something for a couple of gorillas, we know he has spent $2K.... Report this Post to the Staff
rggoodie Moderator United States 23605 Posts	Posted 04/19/2006 7:37 pm quote: Originally posted by Yass quote: Originally posted by Bigfella Heard of a trey and Zac before but not a Gorilla or a Deener. What about the modern day terms...red back and fidy. A shilling was always known as a deener. Never heard of a 'Gorilla'. Was there ever a 100 pound note? If there was, I recall my father calling it or some other denomination a 'Donkey'. Forgive me Yass The hundred pound note some other denomation or YOU? Maybe we will change your id to Yass alais Donk you might even be related to Crocodile Dundee - rggoodie aka Richard "catch em doing something right" Report this Post to the Staff
Yass Pillar of the Community Australia 652 Posts	Posted 04/21/2006 02:12 am quote: Originally posted by rggoodie quote: Originally posted by Yass quote: Originally posted by Bigfella Heard of a trey and Zac before but not a Gorilla or a Deener. What about the modern day terms...red back and fidy. A shilling was always known as a deener. Never heard of a 'Gorilla'. Was there ever a 100 pound note? If there was, I recall my father calling it or some other denomination a 'Donkey'. Forgive me Yass The hundred pound note some other denomation or YOU? Maybe we will change your id to Yass alais Donk you might even be related to Crocodile Dundee - Now that you mention it. Love it LOL Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16883 Posts	Posted 04/21/2006 03:40 am quote: Originally posted by Yass Was there ever a 100 pound note? If there was, I recall my father calling it or some other denomination a 'Donkey'. They did issue hundred pound notes. You'll find them way in the back of your Maccas or Renniks books, just before the decimal notes. Notes above £10 were only issued pre-WWII - they were primarily used for interbank cash transfers and almost never saw "circulation". They would never have been common enough for folks to have come up with a nickname for them. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Yass Pillar of the Community Australia 652 Posts	Posted 04/21/2006 5:34 pm Although British in origin the following may also have been used in Australia £25 was referred to as a 'Pony' £500 was referred to as a 'Monkey' Apparently a Sovereign was also referred to as a 'Marigold' because of its colour. (Sorry, 'color' for the Americans amongst us ) Then of course we have 'Rhyming Slang' which Aussies and the Brits (Cokneys in particular) are well renowned for, e.g., An Oxford Scholar = One Dollar. Can't find a reference to a 'Donkey', so maybe my father was refering to me. LOL I'm 'rabbiting on' aren't I (Rabbit and Pork = To talk. Try keeping up with someone when they are 'rabbiting on'. Their conversation is generally all over the place ) Report this Post to the Staff
gnome Valued Member Australia 372 Posts	Posted 06/30/2006 07:01 am Here's some more slang terms. Have a Captain Cook Report this Post to the Staff
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