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coppertop5150 Pillar of the Community United States 958 Posts	Posted 03/21/2011 04:14 am when you get a bill and the person says that will be " three dollars and fifty Two Cents " they dont say " three dollars and fifty pennies" i think the term penny came from the old british pound standard (pre 1971) one penny = 1/100 of a pound Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 03/21/2011 09:03 am Quote: when you get a bill and the person says that will be " three dollars and fifty Two Cents " they dont say " three dollars and fifty pennies" Your right there on that one. BUT if you give them a FIN, and you get your change, almost anyone with you that is into coins would say, can I see those PENNIES. AND also, in your change you would get from that FIN, a TWO BIT piece and a single BUCK. It's all just American. Report this Post to the Staff
Gyrene7483 Pillar of the Community United States 1704 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 02:46 am Years ago I met a guy who when in a bar would bet the man next to him a beer if he had a penny in his pocket. The man would pull out a cent and he would say "That's not a penny" to which the man would say yes it is and he would have the man read what was on the back. The man would then bet him that he didn't have a penny in his pocket and he would pull out a British large penny and show the guy where it said One Penny on it. About half of the time the men he bet would pay up with the beer even though it was all in fun for conversation. Report this Post to the Staff
coinsearcher83 Pillar of the Community United States 1358 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 08:25 am I say go ahead and call them pennies.. If you look up "penny" in any dictionary, its going to say "one-cent piece," meaning the two terms are synonymous.. Why don't people like saying penny? because its British? Then let's get rid of all the other words in our Vocabulary with English origins.. Is it because the coin says "cent" on it? Then let's call the "nickel" the "five-cent piece" because that's what it says on it.. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 2:35 pm Quote: Posted by coinsearcher83 Then let's call the "nickel" the "five-cent piece" because that's what it says on it.. the entire country will have to reconsider this when/if they remove its nickel content. Report this Post to the Staff
zeewool Pillar of the Community 3660 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 3:32 pm Quote: Close, but no cigar. The British refer to a single coin as a penny, and more than one as pence. Actually, "pence" refers to an amount of money, "pennies" refer to an amount of coins. Quote: It's easy to keep track of the difference and call the coins by their correct names. (Evidently not). Quote: Pence say "penny" on one side, while cents say "cent". Pence say "pence" on one side, while pennies say "penny", and cents say "cent". Quote: You only have to be as smart as a near-worthless piece of metal. Yeah. Edited by zeewool 03/27/2011 3:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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