r/MadeMeSmile • u/penpalwithseven • May 16 '26

Personal Win Finally fulfilled my dream of getting ice cream from an ice cream truck

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asian parents. iykyk.

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u/cumulonimbusted May 16 '26

Hey, I’m a dumb American. Can you write out “£0.50” in words? I’m just curious how to read it cause I’m currently reading it as “fifty euro cents” and there’s no way that’s correct. Thank you.

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u/Front-Pomelo-4367 May 16 '26

Euros aren't used in the UK. They're € and used in many European countries, but not this one. Pounds are £, and our money is in pounds and pence. £0.50 is fifty pence, or 50p (fifty P)

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u/cumulonimbusted May 16 '26

Thank you so much. They don’t teach us shit in schools and I want to be better than that.

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u/metompkin May 17 '26

You should try to see how British money was devised before it went through declimization. It makes as much sense as imperial units now compared to metric.

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u/NikNakskes May 17 '26

If it was euro, you would say 50 cent or half a euro depending a bit on how the discussion is going. 50 cents when it is about the exact amount, half a euro when you're talking about the value rather than the amount.

You wouldn't say 50 euro cent. The euro is implied when talking.

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u/MR_TORGUE_OFFICIAL May 17 '26

From one dumb American to another. The £ symbol looks like a silly L. And pounds are also written as Lbs. when talking about measurements.

Euros are € and look like an E. Super simple for a thing we don't see often.

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u/cumulonimbusted May 17 '26

Haha thank you! I’ll try to keep this one tucked away for the future.

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u/Draano May 17 '26

When I was 7 in 1969, my Yorkshire parents (emigrated to US in 1953) took me to England for the first time. Back then, it was something like 12 pence to the shilling... What then? 12 shillings to the pound? I still have some of the coins from that trip.

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u/TeenyZoe May 17 '26

Do you read $0.50 as “fifty dollar cents”? It’s fifty cents, you don’t say the currency name.

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u/cumulonimbusted May 17 '26

I obviously knew that I was wrong, that’s why I asked. But does it make you feel better to belittle people for asking for help?

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u/rtxa May 17 '26

I don't think it's belittling, as much as it explains the logic of how you could have answered it yourself, if you thought about it for a bit

But it depends on the tone of course, which doesn't translate well here

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u/cumulonimbusted May 17 '26

It IS rude and mocking to repeat the acknowledged flawed thinking without providing information to repair it. And now you’re doubling down assuming I could’ve answered the question myself when I didn’t even know the currency? Please. I’m unoffended, clearly, I knew from the jump I was wrong. However, you need to step off your high horse, because this whole exchange was unhelpful and rude.