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From: "Lynda McRae" <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Swampqueen - Loony and Toony
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:36:07 -0400
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Hi Sylvie :)

How 'bout calling it a foony thereby incorporating the "f" from the first
letter of the number five and "oony", ............well, "oony" because it's
soooo Canadian sounding eh??
Just an idea,
Later,
Lynda
Still in Canada
(but now I have mail again :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvie Brucher" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Swampqueen - Loony and Toony


> That unless you have plenty of them, it makes holes in your pockets (from
being heavy) and it becomes a pain-ee !
>
> LOL
>
> How about a fiver - simply?
>
> Is there really talks about having a 5 dollar coin?
>
> Sylvie in Montreal
>
> >
> > Yeah, Swamp Q., they are talking about making a $5 coin, too!
> > Now, the name of that coin is a problem, you see... Because the latin
root of "5" is "pent", like in "Pentagon"... And
> Canadians would hate to have their $5 coin called a "penty"...
>
>
>

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