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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 555654, member: 4381&quot;]Language is what people make it.&nbsp; Penny is a perfectly acceptable term for the US 1/100th of a dollar coin and your never going to change it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Furthermore, the term is specific enough for any serious conversation.&nbsp; In fact, in many regards, it is more specific then the name cent within most contexts since most people will have no idea what you said when you say cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a historically accurate English word which has been in venecular usage for hundreds of years.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>SYLLABICATION:&nbsp; &nbsp; pen·ny</p><p>PRONUNCIATION:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; pn</p><p>NOUN:&nbsp; &nbsp; Inflected forms: pl. pen·nies</p><p>1. See table at currency. 2. In the United States and Canada, the coin that is worth one cent. 3. Inflected forms: pl. pence (&nbsp; pns)</p><p>a. abbr. p. A coin used in Great Britain since 1971, worth 1/100 of a pound. Also called new penny. b. abbr. d. A coin formerly used in Great Britain, worth 1/12 of a shilling or 1/240 of a pound. 4. Any of various coins of small denomination. 5. A sum of money. 6. One of a set of colored, usually sleeveless shirts worn as a temporary team uniform, as when scrimmaging.</p><p>IDIOM:&nbsp; &nbsp; pretty penny A considerable sum of money: I paid a pretty penny for that ring.</p><p>ETYMOLOGY:&nbsp; &nbsp; Middle English, an English coin, from Old English penig.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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