you not retired as well then............and is that the new currency.....bookings? Obviously it won't be english pounds......
i believe this is your answer......not some drop out place north of the border... Etymology[change | change source] A pound coin originally weighed one troy pound of sterling silver. This is why it is called "pound sterling". "Sterling silver" means mixed metal that has 92.5% or more real silver. One pound sterling was originally divided by 240 sterling pence. This was because there are 240 pennyweights in a troy pound. So a single one–pound coin weighed one troy pound and a single 1–penny coin weighed one pennyweight. The Latin word for "pound" is libra. The £ or ₤ is a stylised writing of the letter L, a short way of writing libra. This is similar to how a pound of mass is abbreviated "lb". Up until around the 1970s, especially on typewriters or keyboardswithout a "£" symbol, it was common to write "L" instead of "£". The symbol for pennies is p (pronounced "pee" like the letter). The British write 50p or £0.50 and say it "fifty pee".
dude we can do this all day, it will change that is certain. i hope it changes for the better. i wish no ill feeling to the rest of the uk.
