"Jasen Betts" bravely wrote to "JAY EMRIE" (10 Oct 04  17:33:17)
 --- on the heady topic of "STILL AROUND"

 JB> Hello JAY.

 JB> 08 Oct 04 21:50, you wrote to GREG MAYMAN:

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

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

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

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

Denarius? That doesn't seem anything close to penny. Where is the
connection between them? BTW in Roman days salt was a very valuable
commodity and was regularly used for the payroll of workers and
soldiers hence the term salary. You must have heard expressions like
"Not worth his salt"... etc? These are derived from that practice of
payment in salt.

 M*i*k*e

... Which sparks some mnemonic circuitry.
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