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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1227336, member: 26302&quot;]I voted cent since the Mint Act specified a cent and half cent, and the proper abbreviation for a penny is &quot;d&quot;, for denarius. Since the real penny started as a silver coin this makes sense, and our cent never was silver. The word Cent even makes sense, since it is 1 perCENT of a dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand how people misuse words, but to me misuse does not change the fact that it is a cent. &quot;Ain&#039;t&quot; isn&#039;t a word just because many people use it, its still improper English even after all of these years. Just look at the coin and it tells you that its a cent, (though 99% of Americans never do).</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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