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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary #6094 09/06/00 09:33 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 ...but one can have the CD-ROM for a lousy $250 dollar-bucks American! Hmm, $560. I guess it makes sense to start saving my cents. Which raises another qustion that has long intrigued me: Why do Americans refer to cents as pennies? It seems a quaint relic from the imperial currency system, given that both dollar and cent would appear to be derived from Spanish. BTW, may I say that I'm rather proud of "YARTist"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Father Steve 09/06/00 05:47 AM Re: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary AnnaStrophic 09/06/00 04:00 PM Re: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Jackie 09/06/00 07:10 PM Re: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Max Quordlepleen 09/06/00 07:33 PM Re: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary tsuwm 09/06/00 08:49 PM Re: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Max Quordlepleen 09/06/00 09:06 PM Re: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary tsuwm 09/06/00 09:26 PM Re: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Max Quordlepleen 09/06/00 09:33 PM Re: Dollars and cents AnnaStrophic 09/06/00 11:20 PM Re: Dollars and cents Max Quordlepleen 09/07/00 12:46 AM Re: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Father Steve 09/06/00 11:16 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 608 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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