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The grammar in that article was occasionally terrible.
Who wants to form up a conservationist metal detecting team to retrieve coins from the Giant's Causeway? Bet there's some silver coins and maybe old coins jammed in the cracks. =P
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Visitors are being asked to stop jamming coins between the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, as they are causing environmental damage!  Quote:
The grammar in that article was occasionally terrible. Two nations separated by a common language.  |
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No, that was not a British vs. American English problem. The poor grammar in that article was typical "newspaper" writing. The sentences—particularly those including quotes—were often run-on sentences. Others contained two separate concepts fused awkwardly without proper structure. The digital era does not suffer from print layout constraints, so that style of writing compromise is obselete.
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A slogan that I see in our U.S. National Parks and is a simple reminder of appropriate behavior (or even behaviour): "Leave only footprints, take only memories." Seen it many times. And  |
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No, that was not a British vs. American English problem. Just me trying to be funny. Ignore it if it bothers you.  Quote:
The poor grammar in that article was typical "newspaper" writing... The digital era does not suffer from print layout constraints, so that style of writing compromise is obselete. The author has been working 35+ years, so old habits die hard? Or, since they still have a compact print edition, maybe the writing has to serve both?  |
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Thank you for sharing.  |
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Pretty crazy - who woulda thunk it?
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Is this a European tradition? Never heard of it. In America we toss coins in fountain pools and hotel fishponds.
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Is this a European tradition? Never heard of it. In America we toss coins in fountain pools and hotel fishponds. No, it's a weird Internet tradition, not entirely unlike those "love locks" people attach to fences, bridges etc. Hopefully, this news story breaking will help drown it out. I tried finding someone who actually advocated leaving coins there and had to scroll down to the third Google page before I found something that wasn't a plea to stop doing it. It would have been a mostly-harmless tradition if it were happening a few decades ago, as more "traditional" coinage metals like silver, bronze and cupronickel don't expand much when they corrode. But most British, Irish and European coins these days are made from plated steel, and it's these steelies that are expanding as they rust. 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
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I imagine it's more of a monkey see, monkey do tradition. Hey, that looks cool! Plink-plink-plink.
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I've got passers-by leaving a small rock on top of gravestones in the churchyard my wife and I take care of.
I expect that's also something from the internet age.
Harmless, but (to my way of thinking) disrespectful.
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05/29/2025 08:19 am
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I imagine it's more of a monkey see, monkey do tradition. Hey, that looks cool! Plink-plink-plink. |
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Is this a European tradition? It pretty much appears to be, there are also the coin trees where people pound coins into logs or trees. Most of the references I find to those are in the UK Quote:
No, it's a weird Internet tradition, not entirely unlike those "love locks" people attach to fences, bridges etc. Also European, mainly in France. Quote:
I've got passers-by leaving a small rock on top of gravestones in the churchyard my wife and I take care of.
I expect that's also something from the internet age. No it is an ancient tradition, especially among those of the Jewish faith. It is a symbol meaning "I was here and I care." See the end of "Schindler's List". Coins left on headstones could be a American tradition especially among the military. Leaving a cent means someone was there, a nickel means they trained together, a dime that they served together, an quarter that the visitor was with them when they died. |
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Thank you for sharing your response, Conder. |
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