[QUOTE] It was how I seemed to remember using it as a kid. I'm sure I would refer to a sweet priced at '1d' as costing 'one pence'.[/QUOTE] Well, one cannot expect the children (think of them, for God's sake!) to be completely correct all of the time, can one? [QUOTE] From Wikipedia: "The plural of 'penny' is 'pence' when referring to a quantity of money and 'pennies' when referring to a number of coins."[/QUOTE] That's what I said. I would be careful with using Wikipedia as your sole source of information, mind - for obvious reasons ;-)[QUOTE] So I was sort of half right. Well in my mind, anyway. :o)[/QUOTE] In your half of the mind you are currently using, at least. A wether, as any fule kno, is: Main Entry: weth·er Pronunciation: 'we-[th]&r Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, ram, from Old English; akin to Old High German widar ram, Latin vitulus calf, vetus old, Greek etos year Date: before 12th century - a male sheep castrated before sexual maturity