on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 05:21:07PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On 23 Nov 2001, at 19:13, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
>
> > Pecunia, the latin word for money, comes from the Etruscian pecu, meaning,
cow.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > RAH
> >
>
> And of course the German word for money is
At 05:21 PM 11/26/01 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>Cows might have served well as currency for primitives like the
>Etruscans, but can you imagine using them today? I took
>a bus this morning, the fair was 1.10 and I only had paper money
>so they ripped me off 90 cents. But if I was an Etr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Cows might have served well as currency for primitives like the
> Etruscans, but can you imagine using them today? I took
> a bus this morning, the fair was 1.10 and I only had paper money
> so they ripped me off 90 cents. But if I was an Etruscan, they
> would've take
On 23 Nov 2001, at 19:13, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
> Pecunia, the latin word for money, comes from the Etruscian pecu, meaning, cow.
>
> Cheers,
> RAH
>
And of course the German word for money is Gelt, which means
Gold.
Cows might have served well as currency for primitives like the
Etruscans
