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to: JASEN BETTS
from: JAY EMRIE
date: 2004-10-11 10:23:00
subject: STILL AROUND

JB> GM> JE>> Seems to me I must have to more carefully monitor
my pennies -
JB> GM> JE>> oops pence - than you.

JB> GM>> I dunno how many you have, but I wish I had enough denarii so I
JB> GM>> didn't have to monitor them so closely.

JB> JE> Well, I do not have nearly enough!  What the devil are denarii?

JB>Roman. The word from which the term penny is derived.

I was under the impression that penny stemmed from the Middle English,
Old English penning, penig akin to the Old High German Pfenning, a coin
before the 12th century.

Jay
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