Thread: Pieces of eight
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Old 13-08-2008, 06:47 AM   #138
arete
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Exclamation I can't believe it...

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Originally Posted by Luchsen View Post
Disinformations 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]
Aargh! :worried: you mean to tell me that's another stupid legend? You are destroying the sweet lil' world of my childhood. Next thing you'll tell me there's no Santa Claus. And George Washington didn't chop down that cherry tree. Or ... oh, please no. Pirates didn't make people walk the plank? There's really no Sarlaac? :depressed:
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