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The US Dollar’s Name Origin and Associated Common Slang

This entry was posted in must know, quirk, random and tagged Currency, Dollar, English, etymology, German, language, language learning, learn a language, Money, Spanish, US Dollar on October 23, 2017 by John McMahon .
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Money talks and nobody walks, and that is just the way it is. In a consumer-based society, money is at the top of our conversational pyramid. How often when hanging with friends, having dinner with family or chatting with colleagues at work does someone ask: “How much was that?” Even between strangers waiting for a(…)

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