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Article #203Currency symbols, meaning of oere (belongs in net.nlang)
From: Lars Henrik Mathiesen
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1986 00:54
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1986 00:54
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In article <831@inset.UUCP> mikeb@inset.UUCP (Mike Banahan) writes: >I thought that ore translated as ``ear'' Actually, that's `only' a homonym; oere as a currency unit is from Latin: (uncia) aurea, meaning `ounce of gold'. (That was about 900 AD; gold value would be about 5000 kr. = 500000 oere now.) -- Lars Mathiesen, DIKU, U. of Copenhagen ..mcvax!diku!thorinn
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!ut-sally!seismo!mcvax!diku!thorinn From: thorinn@diku.UUCP (Lars Henrik Mathiesen) Newsgroups: net.internat Subject: Currency symbols, meaning of oere (belongs in net.nlang) Message-ID: <47@diku.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 19:54:29 EST Article-I.D.: diku.47 Posted: Fri Feb 7 19:54:29 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Feb-86 04:19:48 EST References: <270@stl.UUCP> <762@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <840@rtech.UUCP> <879@kuling.UUCP> <831@inset.UUCP> Organization: DIKU, U of Copenhagen, DK Lines: 8