Currency In The Uk [Archive] - LandlordZONE Forums

jeffrey

30-07-2007, 13:16 PM

The currency in the UK is, and has always been, the pound sterling (written £).
Who then invented the bastardised version "GBP" and why? Don't all keyboards, the world over, have a £ symbol? Even in the USA, they do- and I understand that, just as we use $ as a typographical 'insert here' command, Americans use £ to like effect.
I bet it was those evil europeans (boo hiss) and their EUR taking the place of a euro symbol (which, I'm glad to say, my keyboard does omit).

Colincbayley

30-07-2007, 13:22 PM

The currency in the UK is, and has always been, the pound sterling (written £).
Who then invented the bastardised version "GBP" and why? Don't all keyboards, the world over, have a £ symbol? Even in the USA, they do- and I understand that, just as we use $ as a typographical 'insert here' command, Americans use £ to like effect.
I bet it was those evil europeans (boo hiss) and their EUR taking the place of a euro symbol (which, I'm glad to say, my keyboard does omit).

Mine doesn't €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€� �€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€� ��€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ :D

Besides GBP is used in other countries that also use the pound as their currency. example CYP as in the Cyprus pound.

If all countries just used £ then we wouldn't know what amount was meant.

lorenzo

30-07-2007, 13:28 PM

It could be due to currency trading being the get rich quick scheme du jour.

Currency trading pairs are quoted as GBP/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD and so on.

Just a guess.

jeffrey

30-07-2007, 13:37 PM

It could be due to currency trading being the get rich quick scheme du jour.

Currency trading pairs are quoted as GBP/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD and so on.

Just a guess.

YES/NOO, LHW/LGW, SEE/SAW, etc?
Anyway, I know what I mean by £. The only pounds that I don't like are the circumferential ones around my tum.
And why do Americans weigh in pounds but not stones?

lorenzo

30-07-2007, 13:41 PM

Speaking of currency symbols, does anyone know how to make my Oz keyboard print "£"? (<== This one having been copied and pasted)

jeffrey

30-07-2007, 13:47 PM

Speaking of currency symbols, does anyone know how to make my Oz keyboard print "£"? (<== This one having been copied and pasted)

Perhaps you need to turn it downside-up?
I think that using SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, HOME, END, TAB, and INSERT keys (or F keys, if present)- in various combinations- may open up a whole different range of keys' effects. My home computer has a manual which tells how to obtain Greek, Russian, scientific symbols, foreign-accented letters, etc.

lorenzo

30-07-2007, 13:49 PM

Perhaps you need to turn it downside-up?
I think that using SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, HOME, END, TAB, and INSERT keys (or F keys, if present)- in various combinations- may open up a whole different range of keys' effects. My home computer has a manual which tells how to obtain Greek, Russian, scientific symbols, foreign-accented letters, etc.
Oh... the manual...

Only as a last resort. :)

Colincbayley

30-07-2007, 14:04 PM

You could always buy a new cheap UK keyboard off of the internet??