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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes  12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 22 12 June 2006 at 11:09am | IP Logged | ||
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I am looking for material objects that designate money in idiomatic expressions in any language, including English. I am preparing a small project that involves pictures of such objects, so they must be material in some respect. For instance:
English dough English dead presidents French Billes ('marbles') French Cacahuètes ('peanuts') French Beurre ('butter') French Oseille ('an herb rich in oxalic acid') Italian grane ('grains') Ideally the object should be something that can be photographed but whose derived meaning means money. The Dead presidents above is a special case but I guess I could find little marble statuettes of Lincoln and the like. Thanks for any input! Edited by administrator on 12 June 2006 at 11:09am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lucia Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 6820 days ago 146 posts - 147 votes Speaks: English, Spanish* Studies: German | Message 2 of 22 12 June 2006 at 11:36am | IP Logged | ||
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In Spain we say "la pasta "
In Mexico they say "la lana" (the wool) There is an old Spanish idiom ,"aflojar la mosca " that means "to fork out money ".So " la mosca "(the fly ) would be money. Edited by Lucia on 12 June 2006 at 11:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fraktal Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 6743 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Mandarin | Message 3 of 22 12 June 2006 at 12:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Nice thread!
In Germany we have e.g. Knete (Plasticine) Kohle (coal) Kies (gravel) Zaster Schotter (rubble) and I guess a lot more that I just couldn't think of. Edited by Fraktal on 12 June 2006 at 1:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lucia Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 6820 days ago 146 posts - 147 votes Speaks: English, Spanish* Studies: German | Message 4 of 22 12 June 2006 at 12:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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In Germany :die Mäuse (mice )
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| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7205 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 5 of 22 12 June 2006 at 4:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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English bucks ('male deer')
English greenbacks English C note ('for century = $100 - could be represented as a note on a scale.') Esperantostelojn('stars') Edited by luke on 12 June 2006 at 4:35pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| andee Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7077 days ago 681 posts - 724 votes 3 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Korean, French | Message 6 of 22 13 June 2006 at 5:14am | IP Logged | ||
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All English:
quid/squid (£1), bob, grand ($1000/£1000), monkey (£500), pony (£25), tenner ($10/£10), fiver ($5/£5) And a whole lot more.. all that rhyming slang, etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6768 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 7 of 22 13 June 2006 at 5:52am | IP Logged | ||
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English: bread, dough, gravy, loot, moola, dinero, (beaucoup) bucks,
cashola, Benjamins ($100 bills), bits (1/8 of a dollar, 2 bits is a quarter, term refers to old Spanish milled coins which could be broken into eight pieces), 5-spot, 10-spot, 50-spot (all dollar bills) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 22 13 June 2006 at 6:06am | IP Logged | ||
I've heard of these before, but I've never figured out how "monkey" and "pony" rhyme with £500 and £25 repectively. Any ideas? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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