Harry Shannon
If you grew up in the UK before 1971, you had to learn how to cope with your money, which was divided into pounds, shillings, and pence (pennies). The abbreviation is Lsd (or £sd), after the Latin names.
I hadn’t realised before, but according to Wikipedia this was a system once used across Western Europe. There were 12 penc…
Month: February 2021
UK’s Daily Mail misleads on COVID-19 vaccines
Harry Shannon
What is it about people who write or speak for a living? You often hear them proudly announce that they can’t do math. Which really means they are admitting they’re not properly educated.
It has consequences. If journalists are innumerate, they can’t do their job well. Anyone with an agenda can easily mislead them, and in…