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<p>[QUOTE="d.t.menace, post: 990930, member: 18944"]It's all to do with our great language and communication. In the English language a lot of words sound the same but are spelled different and have a very different meaning. (Cent-scent) It's not an issue in print because you can tell by the spelling what the writer is trying to get across. However in conversation it's a different story. Say for instance the Penny Lady was known as the Cent Lady and you came home at night and told your wife you bought something from the "Cent Lady", she wouldn't know if you got her a bottle of perfume:thumb:,a bottle of doe urine for deer hunting<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> or a coin.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I'm afraid Penny is here to stay no matter how much we dislike it being used in collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="d.t.menace, post: 990930, member: 18944"]It's all to do with our great language and communication. In the English language a lot of words sound the same but are spelled different and have a very different meaning. (Cent-scent) It's not an issue in print because you can tell by the spelling what the writer is trying to get across. However in conversation it's a different story. Say for instance the Penny Lady was known as the Cent Lady and you came home at night and told your wife you bought something from the "Cent Lady", she wouldn't know if you got her a bottle of perfume:thumb:,a bottle of doe urine for deer hunting:eek: or a coin.:confused: I'm afraid Penny is here to stay no matter how much we dislike it being used in collecting.[/QUOTE]
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