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If it meant that, I'd expect it to be: "The pound won’t be around for much longer" so the original sentence is sort of a pun. Maybe "around" is a local use of
by tfgg 10y ago
If it meant that, I'd expect it to be:
"The pound won’t be around for much longer"
so the original sentence is sort of a pun. Maybe "around" is a local use of English.
- chrismorgan 10y agoJust like “until” is commonly shortened “till”, “around” is commonly shortened as “round”.
- callumlocke 10y agoI know this doesn't affect your point, but it's interesting: "till" is older than "until". http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=until http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=until
- philh 10y agoThanks to the "you see what you expect to see" effect, it took me until someone pointed out the pun before I realized the word was "round" and not "around".