Re: String name and Character Name

From: Marion Gunn (mgunn@egt.ie)
Date: Wed Apr 27 2005 - 09:28:14 CST

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    Scríobh Andrew C. West:
    >
    > ... To indicate a shilling value with no
    > >pence you need to use the solidus in conjunction
    > >with a dash to indicate no pence, as in 2/-
    > >("two shillings").

    That is correct.

    > ... "Shilling" does have an abbreviation
    > apart from the notation with solidus, i.e. "d.".
    > Another notation was £3.4d.6p.

    That is incorrect.

    At no time has 'd' ever stood for 'shilling'!

    Here is the correct notation: £ s d ('s' for 'shilling' and 'd' for 'penny/pence').

    That 'd' comes from the Latin word 'denarius' (for those interested in origins).

    mg

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