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27 Mar 2019, 6:23 pm

I've been asked this before. No, 25 is more than one, so it should be 25 cents, not 25 cent. Having 25 cent is not logically possible.



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27 Mar 2019, 6:29 pm

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Me: "That is a question."


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27 Mar 2019, 9:04 pm

And if you do, are you going to give it to the speaker?


Why only twenty five cents?

That's barely enough for one photocopy



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27 Mar 2019, 11:10 pm

Never heard it said that way.

Have heard "brother can you spare a dime?" from docs about the Great Depression (when a dime was worth about two dollars in todays money).

And "do you have 25 centS ", and "do you have a quarter?".

But "25 cent"?

Not yet heard it.



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27 Mar 2019, 11:15 pm

Today a woman asked me that

Doesn't make sense

She could have asked for a dollar



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27 Mar 2019, 11:18 pm

Maybe the person asking meant a 25 cent piece which would be one quarter in US currency.


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28 Mar 2019, 9:09 am

"Gah fiddy sen?" is what I usually hear.