Seneque on 31 December 2008
| Soleron said: How can France call our currency something different to what we call it? That doesn't make any sense. But, yes, 1 GBP = 1 EUR for all practical purposes. Buy our stuff, please, it'll save our economy. We should join the Euro... |
| Diomedes1976 said: Yes its bizarre but for all the latin-speaking countries of Europe (France,Spain ,Portugal,Italy ,Rumania) the Pound is the Sterling Livre and London is Londres ....thats the way it is ! |
lol. ^_^
That's not bizarre at all. The UK/GB currency is extremely old, and should actually really be called the "Sterling" (or officially "Pound Sterling") by the British themselves.
The pound is a weight unit, that is translated by 'livre' in France. Historically, 240 pennies (coins) of the Sterling currency would weighed 1 pound, hence a pound of Sterling.
The Latin countries still use the historical (and technically correct) denomination.
Now, if you want to be exact, call us 'Français', and not 'French' (not 'Fwançais' : 'Français', it's a R). Good luck. :p
