[lit-ideas] Re: A Dinar With Bush
- From: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:24:18 -0400
Andy Amago writes:
: A.A. Might'n dollars be a derivation of dinars?
They might be, but I'm pretty sure that they aren't, since I am
pretty sure that "dollar" is a derivation of "thaler."
And anyway aren't denarii pennies, which is why the Brits used to refer
to pence with the letter "d"?
One shouldn't mix up dollars and pence.
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Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
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