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Re: Language question
Posted By: Howard, on host 216.80.144.187
Date: Monday, September 20, 2004, at 20:45:57
In Reply To: Re: Language question posted by Counterpoint on Monday, September 20, 2004, at 20:41:39:

> > Does anyone say "fiver" for $5 or "tenner" for $10 in the USA, or is it only a British thing?
>
> I live in the southern USA along the East Coast, and I've never heard anyone say these; I've only read them in British texts. So from my experience, it's not in my region's vernacular. I don't know if it's used elsewhere in country, but I haven't heard it on TV, in a movie, or on the radio, either.

I take it you never listened to Sam Spade on the radio.
Howard

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