On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 10:08:29AM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > A pound sterling is so-called because it was originally the value of a > pound of "sterling" silver. sterling comes from Easterling which is what > German Hanseatic merchants were called during the middle ages.
I need to read less fiction and more history; to me an easterling is someone from beyond the Sea of Rhûn :-) -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
