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To dislike 'pennies' being used when paying for things with children?

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sparklediamonds · 07/09/2017 20:16

Does anyone hear this a lot or is it just me?

"Give the lady your pennies ... Mummy hasn't got any pennies ..."

Grr. Just say "money" FFS!

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RandomName9 · 09/09/2017 14:04

Quack I would actually say it's £12 & he'd ask how many pennies is that, the response is then 1200 pennies! I wouldn't initially offer up the cost in pennies but that is how he likes to work it out. He has Birthday money to spend & rather than him waste it on expensive tat he won't play with more than once I am trying to make him understand how much things cost!

catsaresomucheasier2 · 09/09/2017 14:25

Ffs. I have more of a problem with adults saying "5 sleeps to..." than kiddy words.

Justblockthebitch · 09/09/2017 16:03

I do cringe at money being described as "pennies" as well, cringed at it when I was a child and still cringe now.

SeamusMacDubh · 09/09/2017 16:42

I say pennies Grin I don't see the problem with it, it's something my 3 YO understands. We also look for pennies (and often find them) when we are walking though town or wherever. I can't see it as something that can bother people so much, though evidently it does. It's not rude or even inaccurate.

QuackDuckQuack · 09/09/2017 17:49

RandomName9 - I like that as it makes all of the tat kids clamour for sound outrageously expensive. Grin

StorminaBcup · 09/09/2017 19:12

Ffs. I have more of a problem with adults saying "5 sleeps to..." than kiddy words

Yep....or 'ickle', 'hospickle', 'hollibobs'...

ShovellerDuck · 09/09/2017 19:54

I seethe when I hear "one pence" but at least it's not "one pee".
We do not have a coin called a pee but people say it all the time. Copper coins should be scrapped, they're worth nothing and then we could lose the stupidity of every price ending in a nine. That thing costs £4, not £3.99!

SeamusMacDubh · 09/09/2017 20:02

If we scrapped copper coins every thing would have to be priced ending with a 0 or 5 otherwise it would mean everyone would have to be able to pay by card. You wouldn't be able to pay £3.57 in cash without coppers. Or maybe you are someone that throws their loose change in the bin/street like an ex of mine because shrapnel is beneath you and only for peasants Hmm

MrsHathaway · 09/09/2017 20:48

In other countries without coppers they still price in numbers ending in other than 0 and 5 - but your total at the till is rounded up or down.

crazywriter · 10/09/2017 22:09

If we scrapped copper coins every thing would have to be priced ending with a 0 or 5 otherwise it would mean everyone would have to be able to pay by card. You wouldn't be able to pay £3.57 in cash without coppers.

I'm in a country with no 1 and 2 cent coins. We do have .01-.04 and .06-.09. When paying by card the amount remains the same. When paying in cash the amou t is rounded up or down. .01-.02 and .06-.07 are rounded down to nearest 0 or .05 and the others rounded up to the nearest .10

It works. Nobody really cares to be honest. Surprised it hasn't happened in the UK yet.

steff13 · 10/09/2017 22:15

I'm still not getting why it's easier for a small child to say pennies rather than coins. Surely it's more confusing to the child to call all coins pennies then turn around a couple years later and tell them that they're actually NOT all called pennies, some are nickels, dimes, etc. (whatever your equivalent is).

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