What will the Scottish currency be called?
 

I think it will be called the jock. What do you say?

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Nae laddie it will be called the Poond.

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Scottish pound? £2 coin could be the Nessie.

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They could tie it to buck fast and tennants lager..

Right mrs mcsommat, that's two wraps and some speed tabs, that will be two bottles of buck fast and 3 cans of tennants, ok

Thats grand son, same again next week and there will be a drink in it got yea.

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mmm since the royal bank of Scotland ,Bank of Scotland & the Clydesdale bank have their own notes ....mmmmm i think the Scottish pound or even the Groat.
but since some o you posters seem to be fascinated by Scotland and all things Scottish why dont you visit Scotland and walk into a bar and say some o the things you so elegantly write on this and other threads ??
i am sure it would be warmly debated.
.British by birth Scottish by the grace of god.
james.

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Perhaps just to be difficult, they might call it the sterling pound, get it!

Sterling pound not pound sterling....the place , sterling in Scotland yeah.

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That's what it will be worth about 4d ( groat ).

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It'll be a merk, like the old days.

http://www.thereformation.info/old_scottish_money.htm


Scottish sterling
1 penny or doyt 1/12th d
2 pennies 1 bodle 1/6thd
2 bodles 1 plack or groat 1/3rd d
3 placks 1 bawbee * 1/2 d
12 pennies 1 shilling 1 d
20 shillings 1 pound 20 d
13 shillings and 4 pennies 1 merk or mark 13 d
18 merks or marks, or 12 pounds Scots £1 st.

* the bawbee was originally a copper coin worth 1/2 pence; in Mary QoS time it was three pence Scots money, and later raised to six pennies.

:D

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The Haggis :)

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Worthless?

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Invisible

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If it is such a prickly subject, perhaps it should be called the thistle.

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Or the caber, but who would give a toss.

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:goodpost:

I'd pay any currency to see that......:rofl:

Hugs, xxx

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We used to get work in the Glasgow area, and out of town estates. It's not a great place to be working as an insurance fraud PI. The Scott's can sniff out the English, usually the only guy in the street wi out a can of Tennants super T or white lightning in ya hand. !! ;)


The Euro

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Sterling.

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Stirling, surely?

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You've had thought the Scott's would have been noticed your knotted handkerchief head gear and Union Jack shorts......;)

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The "och aye":)

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It'll be the Salmond and it'll be his picture on the bank notes and stamps too. He'll probably also be president for life.

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It never stopped raining long enough

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That's Summer for us hardened Celts.....bloody sissy southerners :cool:

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The Newwww, totaly worthless.

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Soon it maybe the Ruble

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Ah now I understand that Scottish kids nursery rhyme with "wee bawbee" in it, learn something new every day..

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There's a song called 'crookit bawbee' too, lol.

http://www.darachweb.net/SongLyrics/CrookitBawbee.html

and a poem: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org...y-first-bawbee

:)

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Thats cool

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But, back on topic....

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...-revealed-poll

Storm in a teacup.

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Shame after all the trouble we went to on the flag thread. :(

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We could change the flag anyway, I suppose.

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Because the polls are always right?

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Andrex. :p