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  • WeThePilgrims@sopuli.xyztoMemes@sopuli.xyzI get it now
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    1 year ago

    Used to be worse, to quote messers Pratchett & Gaimon.

    "NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: One shilling = Five Pee.

    It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system

    Two farthings = One Ha’penny. Two ha’pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). Once Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.

    The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated."

    Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett