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Old 12-08-2008, 02:42 PM   #135
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Disinformation grows! A piece of eight is a coin worth eight reales. It's not a piece/part but a piece/unit, and not of/from but of/for.

[edit] Chopping a coin into eight parts, what an idea! [/edit]
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