where do the terms for money come from???
i keep hearing about - pony, monkey, grand, gripper.
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They may have military origins.
'Monkey' = £500. It supposedly came from soldiers returning from India where the 500 rupee note had a picture of a monkey on it. They used the term monkey for 500 rupees and on returning to England the saying was converted for sterling to mean £500.
'Pony'= £25. The 25 rupee note supposedly had a picture of a pony on it.
'Grand'= £1000. The big/large one.
'Gripper' ???
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"Envelope" seems to be in common parlance these days. Depends who the recipient is I guess, local planning officer c £500 ;-)
C
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So that's why we've never obtained planning on the spare garden, incomplete paperwork.
;-)
David
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OK Chris, where do you think "spondulicks" comes from? My dictionary gives it as 19th century, origin unknown. Any ideas?
Ian
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