contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agoA cool guide to currency namesi.redd.itimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoDollar, a shortening of Joachimstaler… Someone explain how the fuck something which I suppose is pronounced “yo-ah-keen-staah-laerh” eventually became dollar instead of “stalle” or “talle”
minus-squareramjambamalam@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoJust thinking out loud… “U.S. Staah-laerh” ~= “U.S. Taah-laerh” ~= “U.S. Daah-laerh”?
minus-squarecoffinwood@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoBy taking a detour from the German Taler/Daler via Spanish Dolero. Already sounds more like Dollar?
Dollar, a shortening of Joachimstaler… Someone explain how the fuck something which I suppose is pronounced “yo-ah-keen-staah-laerh” eventually became dollar instead of “stalle” or “talle”
Just thinking out loud… “U.S. Staah-laerh” ~= “U.S. Taah-laerh” ~= “U.S. Daah-laerh”?
By taking a detour from the German Taler/Daler via Spanish Dolero. Already sounds more like Dollar?