[all @ have been changed to # to defeat spambots] From yahoo-please-stop-deleting-my-subs#leon.brooks.fdns.net Thu Mar 25 10:20:59 2004 Return-Path: X-Original-To: leonb-fdns#old-firestation.net Delivered-To: leonb-fdns#old-firestation.net Received: by mail.old-firestation.net (Postfix, from userid 637) id 2A543268E53; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:19:37 +0800 (WST) Received: from n26.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n26.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.82]) by mail.old-firestation.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 200E32685E4 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:19:35 +0800 (WST) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-2786244-13617-1080181033-yahoo-please-stop-deleting-my-subs=leon.brooks.fdns.net#returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.199] by n26.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Mar 2004 02:17:13 -0000 X-Sender: yahoo-please-stop-deleting-my-subs#leon.brooks.fdns.net X-Apparently-To: australianhomeschool#yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 10700 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2004 02:17:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Mar 2004 02:17:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lappie.cyberknights.com.au) (203.22.197.45) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Mar 2004 02:17:12 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lappie.cyberknights.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE5A4B787 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:20:59 +0800 (WST) To: australianhomeschool#yahoogroups.com User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <1080079146.158.97071.m12#yahoogroups.com> <001b01c411e5$72cae8e0$95e565cb#deans> <005701c411e7$412e7de0$9d6231d2#diess> In-Reply-To: <005701c411e7$412e7de0$9d6231d2#diess> Message-Id: <200403251020.59436.yahoo-please-stop-deleting-my-subs#leon.brooks.fdns.net> X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 203.22.197.45 From: Leon Brooks MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list australianhomeschool#yahoogroups.com; contact australianhomeschool-owner#yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list australianhomeschool#yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:20:59 +0800 Subject: Re: [AHS] currency meanings Reply-To: australianhomeschool#yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_10,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,FROM_EGROUPS,IN_REP_TO, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_KMAIL autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) Status: R X-Status: N X-KMail-EncryptionState: X-KMail-SignatureState: On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 05:30, Cate & Peter wrote: > nickel = 5cents > dime = 10 cents > quarter = 25 cents Indians (as in the bit of ground Sri Lanka hangs from) and many other Southern Asians like to group currency in thousands, lakh, and crore. These are written (for dollars) as: $1 one dollar $100 one hundred dollars (or one sau dollars) $1,000 one thousand dollars (or one hejar dollars) $1,00,000 one lakh dollars (we would say "hundred thousand") $1,00,00,000 one crore dollars (we'd say "tens of millions of") Cheers; Leon -- A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion. Q: Why is top-posting bad? *~*Homeschool! living and learning together!*~* Post message: australianhomeschool#yahoogroups.com Subscribe: australianhomeschool-subscribe#yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: australianhomeschool-unsubscribe#yahoogroups.com List owner: australianhomeschool-owner#yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/australianhomeschool/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: australianhomeschool-unsubscribe#yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/