On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:31:02 +0100, "Richard M Willis"
wrote:


"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 09:16:52 on
Mon, 3 Jul 2006, Richard M Willis
remarked:
What is wrong with "one pence coins" ?

Linguistically should be "One Penny coins", and whatever the merits of
an argument that the currency is called Pounds and Pence (of which the
coin has a value of Zero pounds and one pence), the coin *does* have
"One Penny" written on it.

Hmm. I measure things in metres, centimetres and millimetres. I don't call
this "m AND cm AND mm". Consequently, I would call our currency pounds xor
pence.

"penny" does not exist as far as I am concerned.

Simply wrong. It's the singular form of pence in the same way that
pound is the singular form of pounds.

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