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I do hope this isn’t a road to the term ‘pint’ just becoming a generic name rather than actually holding meaning. I remember when a 99 referred to the price!
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The british pound once referred to the value of a “pound” of silver at the time. Though the meaning of even that measurement of weight has likely changed
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The number 99 meant royalty in Belgium, where flakes came from. Nothing to do with price
Did not know that, very interesting! Wonder if there’s something similar for the UK.
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