Are "quid" & "bob" still common terms for "pound"?
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quid is still very common.
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According to my English husband, yes.
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It is pronounced "dolla"
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some ppl call it a quid ha!
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Could I say that I weigh 225 quid, then? That sounds lighter than pounds. (Since Bob is even bigger than I am, saying 225 Bob sounds orders of magnitude larger.)
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I thought 'quid' was pound and 'bob' was shilling, now obsolete.
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Quid is common for the English pound, like Buck is for Dollar and Bob referred to a 'shilling' which is now 5 pence in English currency, not many people use 'bob' but it is still around with the older generation :o)
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quid yes, bob no - that was never slang for pound, and they have long since converted to a decimal coinage which does mot involve bobs.
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Quid, is. Bob, not really. I hear it, though. But more when people say 'Oh that'll cost a few bob' or whatever.
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A Quid is a Pound and 20 Bob is a Quid...hope you understand that coz i dont and i wrote it lol.
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