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Also lb for Pounds come directly from Rome And pre decimalisation. In the UK Pence was shortened to 'd' which I understood to refer to the Roman Dinari.
by benj111 4mo ago
Also lb for Pounds come directly from Rome
And pre decimalisation. In the UK Pence was shortened to 'd' which I understood to refer to the Roman Dinari.
- avadodin 4mo agoIt's denarii, barbar.
- benj111 4mo agoSorry, Denarii. Barbar seems to refer to Denarii minted by barbarians? but the AI result didn't come up in English? Ps And don't call me Barbar.
- consp 4mo agoBarbar, likely short for barbarus which in this context likely means foreigner. It can also mean cruel, uncivilized or savage but I'm taking the not-roman approach here. I'll add "unable to understand context" to my list of frustrations about LLM usage.