US Politics on Yik Yak | im not at all embarrassed to say that i have no knowledge of uk currency. idk wtf pence or quid or shillings equal and i dont need to. id never go there, and the right of ignorance to such things was earned 250 years ago. not my business 🤭🦅

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im not at all embarrassed to say that i have no knowledge of uk currency. idk wtf pence or quid or shillings equal and i dont need to. id never go there, and the right of ignorance to such things was earned 250 years ago. not my business 🤭🦅

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Anonymous 3d

The reason UK currency is so confusing in literature is because they used to have a non-decimal system. Whereas we have a system where 100 cents makes a dollar (simple), their old system had 12 pence (pennies) in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound. How confusing!!

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Anonymous 2d

Quid = pound Pence = cents Shillings no longer exist

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