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Hello Mrs Gill. I'm from Mexico City, and I just want to thank you for all your incredible lessons, they are clear and direct. We as young people all around the world can learn much from you. Thanks again.
Very interesting. Please do more lessons about history. P.S. You have a wonderful voice. My english is not very good but I understand everything you say.
Had a tough time in 1973 England trying to figure out shillings, bobs, and quid. I gave up and threw my money onto the counter, asking sellers to be merciful. Glad you provided this explanation. Still isn't easy with the old currency, but I might get it with enough repetition. Those old terms should stay with you people in the UK. It's part of your heritage and national identity.
Hi - the old currency is less familiar to people in the UK who were born after the decimalisation year of 1971, unless they've really taken an interest in it and studied it :-)
@@engvidGill Sounds like a great teaching challenge for mature UK citizens. As I said, the old system is a tradition. It was around for hundreds of years. And it will minimalize the Euro.
Thank You. I learned something today . I sometimes still hear," bread, dough and loot, here in the USA. But "loot" meaning, a lot of cash. When I was a kid a lady neighbor of mine ,paid me a "schilling" to run an errand for her. I still have it somewhere. I didn't know it was 12 pence.
The currency sign for the pound is £, which is usually written with a single cross-bar (as on sterling bank notes), though a version with a double cross-bar (₤) is also sometimes seen. This symbol derives from medieval Latin documents; the Roman words libra, solidus, and denarius (£sd) referred to pounds, shillings and pence[21] in the British pre-decimal (duodecimal) currency system and the black-letter "L" was the abbreviation for libra, the basic Roman unit of weight. And the Italian Lira had exactly the same history and the same Symbol!
Thank you, dear woman. This is the 3rd video I have watched to try and find out what a quid, shilling, etc. represented. I have been reading a lot of Sherlock Holmes stories lately and wondering what the definition for the old terms of english money were. It was distracting me from the story. Not as much as finding out that Watson got "knocked up" one fine morning. My inner child nearly fell out of the chair laughing. I thought, theres something that doesn't happen anymore! Your video was exactly what I was looking for. Also I appreciated that, unlike one of the other two I watched, you gave your viewer credit for having some basic knowledge, a fiver = £5.etc. Now, back to The Valley of Fear.
Considering that they had Pounds, shillings and pence in South Africa, Rhodesia, Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana - your comment is totally stupid - like you. Idiot !!!
The upside of this was that before electronic tills and decimalisation everybody was stunningly good at maths even old ladies on pension day could run rings around a contemporary university entrant.
I'm watching this for a novel I'm about to write and this is quite helpful, I've subscribed to you because of that, thank you very much for your clear explanation 💕
This was very helpful. In books I had seen the word "florin" many times, but never knew how much it was worth. Your explanation was easy to understand. Thank you!
If you haven't done so yet I'd suggest a family relationships film using the Royal Family. I did this eay back in the 80s. It was fun and combined history with useful vocab. Some students got a bit confused at first "Princess Diana is the niece of Prince Philip who is married to the Queen Mother". We got there in the end!
Thank you for finally explaining the old currency for me! I like old movies and was always completely confused about the money system. Now at least I know why the little kid was so excited when Scrooge told him to come back with the butcher and he would give him half a crown! :)
I just remember the farthing. It was still being used in bakers' shops in the early 50s where an individual cake might be priced at 1. 3/4 ( a penny three farthings ) The £1 note is still legal tender in Scotland but new ones have not been made since the early 80s. I think it's some 15 years since I saw one. They are very rare. Scottish banks still produce s £100:00 note but there is little call for them. Cards would normally be used for that amount in payment. When the Queen dies new notes with Charles' head will be produced but the previous notes and coins will still be legal tender. Unless the money system changes ( which is unlikely ) the old currency could be around for a long time. I remember pre decimalisation ( 1971 ) it was quite common for earlie coins to be in circulation for long periods. So you might get a George VI or George V coin in your change as well as Elizabeth II ones, or even a Victorian penny from the 1880s. These were usually very worn. Just a few thoughts.
Thank you Teacher!! Your English is superlative: I am so envious... 🤕🤕 I'm honored to take part to your magistrale lesson Please Madame, could you dedicate another one to the history of English. Thanks again
Thank you very much for this extremely cool and informative lesson about pre decimal UK currency. Now I have a clear idea how much my UK collection is worth. ;)
I'm interested in learning more about the pre- 1971 currency, such as the half crown, tuppence, shilling, etc. Certains movies, like Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady use those terms, and I was curious about their value. Nobody has posted any clear comparisons to U.S. money, so maybe you could describe what you could buy (at that time) with each coin? For example, a haircut in the U.S. in 1970 was Five Dollars. A loaf of bread was a quarter (25 cents). A man's sport coat cost 30 dollars. And an average car cost around 4000 dollars. Thanks in advance.
There also existed a sovereign and a 1/2 sovereign, as far as I can remember. I had difficulties to cope with the British currency system the first time I came to the U.K more than 50 years ago. The imperial measurement system was also quite a challenge. I was young then and I'm looking back to those years with a certain nostalgia. But I must confess that it was all the more a challenge, as I have never been very good at mathematics.
and f.e. Old English scilling, a coin consisting of a varying number of pence (on the continent, a common scale was 12 pennies to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound), from Proto-Germanic *skillingoz- (source also of Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Old Frisian, Old High German skilling, Old Norse skillingr, Dutch schelling, German Schilling, Gothic skilliggs).
Both Ireland and UK was decimilised on 15th February 1971 While Australia was switched their pounds into Dollar back in 14th February 1966 and a year later new Zealand follows the switch over
Jamaica ditched pounds shillings and pence in 1969. Ghana did it in 1965, Malta did it in 1972. The last country to ditch pounds shillings and pence was Nigeria who did it in 1973.
f.e. former British coin, 1660s, from Guinea, because the coins were first minted for British trade with Guinea (but soon in domestic use) and with gold from Africa. The original guinea was in use from 1663 to 1813.
Coins higher than crown coin was minted in gold The soverign the guinea Those are the gold Then all coins higher than penny are minted usually in a silver until 1947
Before there's not pound and two pound coin The first pound coin was made back 1983 ( I'm not talking with soverign coin which made of gold) Then the 2 pound coin was introduced on 1986 and for bi-militalic 2 pound coin was introduced on 1997
Nice gentle video thank you. Even better if all denominations was shown, even if a real one can't be obtained (pictures perhaps?) , ie, for fifty pounds and the ten pence , maybe as an extra the five pound coin too and Scottish one pound note. Still with the current currency, with the explanations you were a going through some a lot faster than others. I can see how this could be really useful to those coming into the country, who are either settling here or even for visits, seeing it from their point of view and putting things in they may find useful would be a great addition to the video.
oh yes quite interesting actually. a bit confusing since it's base 12 rather than 10. i was wondering, why is that? because of imperial system if measurement perhaps?
Derived from Roman Empire money. Before the French Revolution, France had the same system. The franc was called the livre, or pound. Same with Italy & Turkey (lira).
Funny you should say that we (Australia) released a new $5 note & we had lots of problems with it some paying systems would not accept these (supermarkets ) etc ,it is all good now lol !
It is interesting to me how other countries use the 1 and 2 pound coins in everyday life, such as vending machines and as bus tokens. Whenever the US has tried a 1dollar coin (e.g. Susan b Anthony ) it has failed miserably. We get rid of those as fast as we can because we have no infrastructure to use these coins. They are useless to us
No, it's not infrastructure that caused the many variants of the $1 coin to fail, but rather that the mindset of 99% of Americans is why do we need a $1 coin when a $1 bill will do fine. Americans simply do not want things to get complicated at all.
Hi everyone -- thank you for your comments. For those asking about private lessons with any engVid tutor, the best thing to do is contact engVid direct, and they will forward your enquiry to the tutor. All the best with your studies :-)
You are awesome person! Greetings from Poland! You have amazing accent!!
thanks ...that video was so helpful
Learn English with Gill (engVid) - I love your channel! You're such a great presenter and you present clearly! Thanks for making amazing videos! :)
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Learn English with Gill (engVid) so now I know what my Great grandmother is thinking when she says 'shilling':D
Hello Mrs Gill. I'm from Mexico City, and I just want to thank you for all your incredible lessons, they are clear and direct. We as young people all around the world can learn much from you. Thanks again.
every time I listen to you I find that you are the best pronunciation among all
we need more of these British historical lessons please
Agree :D
ismail al-fadel sure you are the future of Europe. You'll need these after you've established your caliphate and enforced Sharia law.
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@@mongolianbornaparte7217 what a comment clearly have nothing better to do
it was interesting, this was wonderful because this is something that you can't find in English books thank you you have a lovely voice!
Very interesting. Please do more lessons about history.
P.S. You have a wonderful voice. My english is not very good but I understand everything you say.
Same
Your written english is near perfect
I'm from the U.S and it's very interesting to me how different and similar our currency is with the U.K
Had a tough time in 1973 England trying to figure out shillings, bobs, and quid. I gave up and threw my money onto the counter, asking sellers to be merciful. Glad you provided this explanation. Still isn't easy with the old currency, but I might get it with enough repetition. Those old terms should stay with you people in the UK. It's part of your heritage and national identity.
Hi - the old currency is less familiar to people in the UK who were born after the decimalisation year of 1971, unless they've really taken an interest in it and studied it :-)
@@engvidGill Sounds like a great teaching challenge for mature UK citizens. As I said, the old system is a tradition. It was around for hundreds of years. And it will minimalize the Euro.
Thank You. I learned something today . I sometimes still hear," bread, dough and loot, here in the USA. But "loot" meaning, a lot of cash. When I was a kid a lady neighbor of mine ,paid me a "schilling" to run an errand for her. I still have it somewhere. I didn't know it was 12 pence.
The currency sign for the pound is £, which is usually written with a single cross-bar (as on sterling bank notes), though a version with a double cross-bar (₤) is also sometimes seen. This symbol derives from medieval Latin documents; the Roman words libra, solidus, and denarius (£sd) referred to pounds, shillings and pence[21] in the British pre-decimal (duodecimal) currency system and the black-letter "L" was the abbreviation for libra, the basic Roman unit of weight. And the Italian Lira had exactly the same history and the same Symbol!
Interesting!
Thank you very much. A wonderful lesson!
Thank you, dear woman. This is the 3rd video I have watched to try and find out what a quid, shilling, etc. represented. I have been reading a lot of Sherlock Holmes stories lately and wondering what the definition for the old terms of english money were. It was distracting me from the story. Not as much as finding out that Watson got "knocked up" one fine morning. My inner child nearly fell out of the chair laughing. I thought, theres something that doesn't happen anymore!
Your video was exactly what I was looking for. Also I appreciated that, unlike one of the other two I watched, you gave your viewer credit for having some basic knowledge, a fiver = £5.etc.
Now, back to The Valley of Fear.
Hello. From Louisiana and enjoyed your video. Thank you.
Very informative and thorough. This helps me to better understand British novels and other stories that use something similar to British currency
Thanks!
Old currency is kind of confusing.
Considering that they had Pounds, shillings and pence in South Africa, Rhodesia, Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana - your comment is totally stupid - like you. Idiot !!!
@@tdonovan4735 Douchebag!
The upside of this was that before electronic tills and decimalisation everybody was stunningly good at maths even old ladies on pension day could run rings around a contemporary university entrant.
Well, you have to deal with it if you're into British Empire
Your comment too.
Very interesting lesson! Thank you a lot !^^
I'm watching this for a novel I'm about to write and this is quite helpful, I've subscribed to you because of that, thank you very much for your clear explanation 💕
Thank you so much for dedicating time to this historical/cultural topic
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More British culture please
Smashingly done, madame. Top notch.
thanks Gill. Could you make a lesson about Men in Britain history, like Normans, Saxons, Celts, etc.?
This was very helpful. In books I had seen the word "florin" many times, but never knew how much it was worth. Your explanation was easy to understand. Thank you!
This is a lovely video!! I really enjoyed watching it, Gill. I learnt a lot :)
Great explanation, well done! Thank you😄😄😄
I've been waiting for your lovely lesson Gill
If you haven't done so yet I'd suggest a family relationships film using the Royal Family. I did this eay back in the 80s. It was fun and combined history with useful vocab. Some students got a bit confused at first "Princess Diana is the niece of Prince Philip who is married to the Queen Mother". We got there in the end!
we need more british culture please gill! it's so interesting
Thank you for finally explaining the old currency for me! I like old movies and was always completely confused about the money system. Now at least I know why the little kid was so excited when Scrooge told him to come back with the butcher and he would give him half a crown! :)
Plus there’s Scottish and Northern Irish bank notes and you can get Scottish £100 notes.
The variety of sterling used in Guernsey & Jersey retains the £1 note.
This bit of information is quite useful for Americans and foreigners to understand, should they travel to Britain for vacation or business. ☺️💵💷
I just remember the farthing. It was still being used in bakers' shops in the early 50s where an individual cake might be priced at 1. 3/4 ( a penny three farthings )
The £1 note is still legal tender in Scotland but new ones have not been made since the early 80s. I think it's some 15 years since I saw one. They are very rare.
Scottish banks still produce s £100:00 note but there is little call for them. Cards would normally be used for that amount in payment.
When the Queen dies new notes with Charles' head will be produced but the previous notes and coins will still be legal tender. Unless the money system changes ( which is unlikely ) the old currency could be around for a long time. I remember pre decimalisation ( 1971 ) it was quite common for earlie coins to be in circulation for long periods. So you might get a George VI or George V coin in your change as well as Elizabeth II ones, or even a Victorian penny from the 1880s. These were usually very worn.
Just a few thoughts.
Thank you Teacher!!
Your English is superlative: I am so envious... 🤕🤕 I'm honored to take part to your magistrale lesson
Please Madame, could you dedicate another one to the history of English.
Thanks again
2:05 and Adam Smith (an economist) is the very first Scottish person featured in English banknotes
You have always complete explanations.It's so pleasant to live in London, isn't it?
Thank you very much for this extremely cool and informative lesson about pre decimal UK currency. Now I have a clear idea how much my UK collection is worth. ;)
I'm not British or anything, I'm American. But I still love learning about this stuff
This is so informative. Very helpful since I will be moving to the U.K. soon. Thank you.
Hello,
Please make a video on philosophy and related vocabularies. could you please state my name, if you did so?
same.
I'm interested in learning more about the pre- 1971 currency, such as the half crown, tuppence, shilling, etc. Certains movies, like Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady use those terms, and I was curious about their value.
Nobody has posted any clear comparisons to U.S. money, so maybe you could describe what you could buy (at that time) with each coin?
For example, a haircut in the U.S. in 1970 was Five Dollars. A loaf of bread was a quarter (25 cents). A man's sport coat cost 30 dollars. And an average car cost around 4000 dollars.
Thanks in advance.
When both countries were on the gold standard, a pound was worth about $5.
There also existed a sovereign and a 1/2 sovereign, as far as I can remember. I had difficulties to cope with the British currency system the first time I came to the U.K more than 50 years ago. The imperial measurement system was also quite a challenge. I was young then and I'm looking back to those years with a certain nostalgia. But I must confess that it was all the more a challenge, as I have never been very good at mathematics.
I love you. Please do not stop
I like your prouncation of speaking verbals and I listen your video first time I really enjoyed God bless you
spelling: "pronunciation"
Thank you Jill for your way of teaching- clear and exact!
Your sense of humour is cute (the left up part of the screen of 9:35)
Very useful information. Thanks a lot
Another success!
You answered all my questions. Many thanks.
You are just amazing! Your videos are so interesting!
I found the explanation of old currency very useful
It was really interesting. Thank you!
Thank you for all your videos, it teaches us a lot and thank you for making them
Thank you, Gill! Waiting for new lessons
These historical facts are awsome!!! Could you do more of this, please?
m'y Mother is a teacher of English but u are the best 😊🙋
Im 6 seconds in and I already know I have to sub
Interesting lesson and informative as well .. Thanks Gill ..
and f.e. Old English scilling, a coin consisting of a varying number of pence (on the continent, a common scale was 12 pennies to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound), from Proto-Germanic *skillingoz- (source also of Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Old Frisian, Old High German skilling, Old Norse skillingr, Dutch schelling, German Schilling, Gothic skilliggs).
I'd would be delighted if I could hear some British history. That would be great :)
Both Ireland and UK was decimilised on 15th February 1971
While Australia was switched their pounds into Dollar back in 14th February 1966 and a year later new Zealand follows the switch over
Jamaica ditched pounds shillings and pence in 1969. Ghana did it in 1965, Malta did it in 1972. The last country to ditch pounds shillings and pence was Nigeria who did it in 1973.
f.e. former British coin, 1660s, from Guinea, because the coins were first minted for British trade with Guinea (but soon in domestic use) and with gold from Africa. The original guinea was in use from 1663 to 1813.
I love your accent and your teaching 😙🌹.
Thank you Gill! Very good lesson.
I love your lessons with very decent and useful expressions! ;-)
Very good lesson! Thank you, teacher!
What a fantastic video - well explained!
Thank you
My boyfriend lives in England and I really try my best to under stand him
But on another note this was really helpful :D!
You're really so good teaching! Thank you so much!
A question on thr pre decimal money ... what or why was the letter "d" used with the old coinage ?
hi David -- it stands for Denarius, an old Roman coin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius :-)
Hi Gill, I'd love to receive lessons about british english business expressions thankee
Splendid explanation! Thank you!
Thank you, glad Im not british!
In Australia crust used to be used in addition to bread and dough.
this is so helpful!! I will be heading to London this week :)
20 pound note is the most counterfeited note entire the British Banknotes
Watching this video on Brexit day. Glad UK never used the Euro.
thanks Gill! great lesson!
What does the abbreviation 'd' stand for in the older currency?
Hi - it stood for "denarius" - here's a link to explain: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(British_pre-decimal_coin)
Hi Gill is elision of syllables common in south English accents?
There is best to know the biggest and happy returns
So nice. I am from Tanzania
It's amazing!!!🎉
Very interesting video, thanks a lot! Anyway, UK is still member of the EU (at least for 2 more years, if not more). :)
This is such a great video!
Thank you so much for clearing it all up
Very interesting video! Thank you! I always wanted to know about the British currency.
Coins higher than crown coin was minted in gold
The soverign the guinea
Those are the gold
Then all coins higher than penny are minted usually in a silver until 1947
so is pence the same thing as saying cents? like 5 cents, 10 cents?
hi Sarah -- yes, that's right :-)
Gill, since you lived using both currencies, do you prefer the new pence or the old £sd system?
Hi -- I prefer the new pence one, as it's much simpler :-)
Thank you so much, you helped to increase my new vocabulary!
Before there's not pound and two pound coin
The first pound coin was made back 1983 ( I'm not talking with soverign coin which made of gold)
Then the 2 pound coin was introduced on 1986 and for bi-militalic 2 pound coin was introduced on 1997
Nice gentle video thank you.
Even better if all denominations was shown, even if a real one can't be obtained (pictures perhaps?) , ie, for fifty pounds and the ten pence , maybe as an extra the five pound coin too and Scottish one pound note.
Still with the current currency, with the explanations you were a going through some a lot faster than others. I can see how this could be really useful to those coming into the country, who are either settling here or even for visits, seeing it from their point of view and putting things in they may find useful would be a great addition to the video.
oh yes quite interesting actually. a bit confusing since it's base 12 rather than 10. i was wondering, why is that? because of imperial system if measurement perhaps?
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manic maundae yep, same as feet and inches
Derived from Roman Empire money. Before the French Revolution, France had the same system. The franc was called the livre, or pound. Same with Italy & Turkey (lira).
there is a slang for £20 as well that is called a score
very good. thanks a lot. very helpful
I looked it up on the internet. On the reverse a 50 pound note has the portrait of Alan Turing - a computer scientist and World War II codebreaker
Excellent! Thank You!
We got the new plastic £5 note now, summer 2017 new plastic £10 note featuring Jane Austen.
Funny you should say that we (Australia) released a new $5 note & we had lots of problems with it some paying systems would not accept these (supermarkets ) etc ,it is all good now lol !
Very very interesting! Thanks!
It is interesting to me how other countries use the 1 and 2 pound coins in everyday life, such as vending machines and as bus tokens. Whenever the US has tried a 1dollar coin (e.g. Susan b Anthony ) it has failed miserably. We get rid of those as fast as we can because we have no infrastructure to use these coins. They are useless to us
No, it's not infrastructure that caused the many variants of the $1 coin to fail, but rather that the mindset of 99% of Americans is why do we need a $1 coin when a $1 bill will do fine. Americans simply do not want things to get complicated at all.