From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   c186282  writes:   
   > On 1/3/26 16:35, rbowman wrote:   
   >> The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>> On 03/01/2026 02:39, c186282 wrote:   
   >>>> On the flip, the USA currency system IS far more   
   >>>>     clear than traditional British - 'decimal'.   
   >>>   
   >>> The traditional British was not 'decimal'   
   >> That's for sure. I never did figure out pence, shillings, quid, bob,   
   >> pounds, and so forth, between the base system and the informal names.   
   >> Somehow I wound up with a 5 pence piece that was masquerading as a US   
   >> dime. It's not uncommon to get Canadian coins but I've not idea how that   
   >> one got introduced.   
   >   
   >   Well ... England ranks as one of those "most invaded"   
   >   countries. There was the apparent OP and then the Beaker People came   
   >   ... Romans ... finally Anglos, Saxons, Normans and now Arabs.   
      
   You missed out the Celts, Vikings and the Dutch, not to mention less   
   consequential invasions by the French, Scots and Spanish.  As for the   
   Arab expansion it never even reached the channel (Odo of Aquitaine   
   turned them back in the C8th) and I can reassure you that there is no   
   Arab invasion at present.   
      
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