Its cent, not penny

[danya]

It's cent, not penny

I'm getting real fed up with people calling the 0.01 piece in the US the penny. Come one guys, the proper term is cent. It pisses me off when people can't use proper terms for highly important elements of life like this one. Those of you calling it the penny should probably feel ashamed but maybe not. I haven't decided on that yet.

 

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[NHBandit]

What burns me is those illiterate bastages that refer to bathroom tissue as Kleenex. Kleenex is the brand name. I'm so pissed right now I need another shot of shine...

 

[mxh5891]

I feel you can call it whatever you want. I call it both penny and cents. Yelling at someone for calling them pennies just makes the person sound like a stuck up Pr*ck.

Why do they put the word "Pennies" on the rolls and boxes I get from the bank?

 

[danya]

I feel you can call it whatever you want. I call it both penny and cents. Yelling at someone for calling them pennies just makes the person sound like a stuck up Pr*ck.

Why do they put the word "Pennies" on the rolls and boxes I get from the bank?

They are informal. One cent pieces feature the term "cent", not "penny". It's a cent.

 

[Immy]

I've been on T-Net for almost ten years, and this debate comes up just about annually.

Now Danya, assuming you're serious and not trolling, what you're missing is that the use of "penny" is not meant as an official designation. It's a colloquialism, like "buck" for "dollar", and informal by definition. Nowhere does it say people have to be literal in every sentence they compose. If we follow your lead then we'd have to forbid "bunny" for "rabbit", "car" for "automibile" and "piece" for "gun".

You must know your campaign is futile. To my knowledge there's never been a national movement to change the term. And really, who's hurt by this? Abe? His last living decendant died in 1985, and from what I've gathered it wasn't because of the rampant use of the word "penny".


"What'd you call me?"

 

[enamel7]

Cent all the way!

 

[BuffaloBoy]

ok Danya.... do you call our 5c piece a nickel or five cent piece? the coin says, "FIVE CENTS"...

 

[BigWaveDave]

Awesome post on the penny!

yes,.............awesome indeed!

 

[Guest 1551]

Bro... it's not a dime it's a 10 cent piece. This is not good for the future of numismatics

You're bickering over nothing isnt good for the future of numismatics.

 

[danya]

You're bickering over nothing isnt good for the future of numismatics.

Damn, I think you may have a point.

 

[Silver Worm]

mn

 

[Silver Worm]

Case closed.

 

[ckm91377]

Copied from Merriam Webster's website:

pen·ny noun, often attributive \ˈpe-nē\
: a coin or a unit of money equal to 1/100 of a dollar

And from the Oxford dictionary:

penny
Syllabification: pen·ny
Pronunciation: /ˈpenē /
Definition of penny in English:
NOUN

1North American informal A one-cent coin equal to one hundredth of a dollar.

 

[Rushfan]

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[Mackaydon]

My son also graduated from ITT. I asked him the Q. about 'cent' or 'penny'. Perhaps he was in a hurry since he replied: "WT(XXX) difference does it make, everyone understands it either way." I now regret even having asked him such a Q.
Don...

 

[danya]

1/100 of an American dollar is a cent. It is NOT a penny. The word penny is used by several other countries, such as Great Britain, to denote their smallest denomination. In order to be numismatically correct, you must use the term cent to describe the American coin.

 

[John Winter]

I understand from the U.S. Mint that it now takes 1.8 cents to produce an American penny!
Time for coffee ...

 

[NHBandit]

1/100 of an American dollar is a cent. It is NOT a penny. The word penny is used by several other countries, such as Great Britain, to denote their smallest denomination. In order to be numismatically correct, you must use the term cent to describe the American coin.

Stop feeding him...

 

[danya]

I can assure you that I am not a troll.

 

[ugotit22]

I'm super pissed as well. The ignorance of some people is astonishing....... Wink wink