Thread: St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
View Single Post
  #161   Report Post  
Old July 3rd 06, 09:46 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
external usenet poster
  
First recorded activity at LondonBanter: Aug 2003
Posts: 10,125
Default St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
In message , at 10:31:02 on
Mon, 3 Jul 2006, Richard M Willis
remarked:
I would call our currency pounds xor pence.

So:

£1 coin is a "One pounds coin" and
£10.50 is either "Ten point five pounds", or "One thousand and 50 pence"

I don't think any of this is in general usage.
--
Roland Perry
Reply With QuoteReply With Quote