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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Have any received my DVD in Canada? I sent a couple that direction but don't remember if they was able to get it through regular mail from here or not? Seems like someone mentioned they did get it?
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Rest in Peace
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Well...It wasn't me you sent it to coop...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks. I just wanted confirmation that Canadians can receive mail in the manila envelope. I'm sure someone answered.
Just found the email. M_d_n_guy is the one that said he got his copy in Canada. So I can send them without a problem. Thanks Jon for emailing me.
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03/24/2014 3:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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penny is fine to use, the dictionary says so.
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Moderator
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EDIT: Ewps, wrong sub-forum. Didn't mean to go into error and varieties. Fixed.  Love those old Dansco albums.  And the Treat "album" is always a... treat...  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pennies. Thats what they are. Penny penny penny! LOL This is one of the few times I do not have a problem with something being called by a somewhat incorrect term. |
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Pillar of the Community
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 Ultimately its all about what makes the most "cents" not one who always says it right but I do like a nice and shiny penny....but wait thats..not right ok just one more time and ill put my Two Cents in and it wont cost anyone a single RED CENT... Does this make any sense?-errr CENTS  Edited by rupester
03/25/2014 12:16 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Penny derived from pence... lets just call them pents for the best of both, or all 3 worlds?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I hate calling them Pennies. But from time to time I make a mistake and call then pennies. When I was a kid, everyone said Penny.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Cent is more accurate for US coinage because the root word means 100. That's why so many monetary sub-units are cents/centimes/centisimo/centavo/etc. Probably self-explantory--and not that I'm going to change anyone's mind or anything.  |
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This is similar to the issue with halves and dollar coins. Why do some people call a half a "fifty cent piece" or "half dollar"? Why not just a "half" like how most people call a quarter a "quarter" as opposed to a "twenty-five cent piece" or a "quarter dollar" And why do some people call a dollar coin a "dollar piece"? I guess its because quarters are more common than halves and dollar coins, however, I always say it the proper way, when I ask at the credit union for some, which is "halves" not "fifty cent pieces" or half dollars" and the tellers always know what I am talking about, although, sometimes they will respond "Fifty cent pieces?"  (One thing I've always wondered about, was, what the reaction would be, if I asked if the credit union had any "wholes" when refering to "whole dollar coins"  Never tried it, or heard of anyone trying it, but if I did, I'm sure the teller would be like  ) |
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smokeriderdon Posted - 03/24/2014 9:21 pm
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Pennies. Thats what they are. Penny penny penny! LOL
This is one of the few times I do not have a problem with something being called by a somewhat incorrect term. I am with you smoke. Penny is a penney is a cent. Makes me never want to say cent again. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Quote:rupester Posted - Yesterday 12:13 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ultimately its all about what makes the most "cents" not one who always says it right but I do like a nice and shiny penny....but wait thats..not right ok just one more time and ill put my Two Cents in and it wont cost anyone a single RED CENT... Does this make any sense?-errr CENTS That sounds like a pretty penny. |
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United States
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Always love when this topic comes up as it doesn't bother me what somebody calls them. Although someone did bring up an interesting point that made me notice something: All of the denominations have what they are colloquially called on the coin (So the cent says one cent, a dime says one dime, a quarter says quarter dollar etc.) The only denomination that doesn't do this is nickels, which only says 5 cents on there.
So for those of you who insist that cent is the right way to refer to a penny (:P) why don't you also get upset when people call them nickels when that is also just a common name associated with it and not the "official" name of the denomination?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not sure why this comes up so often. In the past there were many posts about the same thing. Once a list of songs that all said PENNY, not CENTS. Try singing Cents from Heaven. Just doesn't work. Ask about 30 million kids what those are and you'll always hear PENNIES. Or just ask the entire 300 million USA people total and you'll hear PENNIES. It is only a minority that says CENTS. The PENNIES would say that too if they could talk. Probably would have PENNY stamped on them if room enough.
And the same people that complain about that never complain about our dollar BILLS, Fin, saw buck, 2 bits, Nickels, etc. And no complaints about our Dimes that don't say 10 Cents but the Nickel does say 5 Cents.
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