On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 10:56:26AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > 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 Rh?n :-)
Doesn't work; I haven't read it for over 10 years, but "easterling" still means the same to me as to you! Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
