"cents" is a similar corruption as "dollar". Somebody knows the origin of "dollar" ? It was at "Joachimsthal" in German cultivated East Bohemia, where Count Schlick got the right to mint his own silver coins (also doubles, half & quarters) 1520. They were named according to the place "Joachimsthaler" from the St.Joachim valley (German = tal). The name was reduced to "thaler" later, just for simplicity. And this became dollar, dollar, taler etc.
Cent is 1/100th of a certain (main) coin. "Centesimo" or "centime" would be appropriate, but again simplified to "cent". And in Europe we got the "Euro" now, which has not a meaning at all. It is like "artificial honey". Since gold standard was abandoned, money has just a hypothetical value. "Pfennig" was a separate coin, a basic coin itself as was the old Russian "kopek" or "lira" or "heller" or "penny" (the English word for Pfennig). They had not adopted the metric (1/100) system then anyway. ========================================================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 5:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Slide Lubricants My two cents... sure, but why not "my two Ore" or "my two Pfennings" or "my three sons"? Oh wait, nevermind... that last one was an old US sitcom... -William In a message dated 4/12/2004 4:19:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I may be mistaken but, is not the expression 'my two cents'? If so, that's convenient, because it works in both currencies. 1 Euro = 100 cents 1 Dollar = 100 cents n'est pas? All the best, Tom _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
