Monday, July 21, 2008

Another word which express "dollar"

In a drama, a man said "200 box". It seemed to mean money, probably dollar. I wondered why it's "box".

In another drama, a guy said, "could I borrow a couple of box?"

Oh, it must mean dollar.

I checked "box" in a dictionary. But there wasn't a meaning of dollar.

Next, I checked dollar".
Oh, "buck"! I see. It was "200 bucks" and "a couple of bucks". I didn't know this word.

I can learn new words from English dramas.

2 comments:

Rick Cogley said...

How about 100 "smackers", "clams" or "big ones"? Is there slang for Japanese yen?

sand said...

I hadn't heard those words. According to a dictionary, pounds is also called smackers. I wonder if there is any relation between smackers and bills.
Clams is clam of clam chowder, isn't it. Old time ago, human used to use shells for money, so it makes sense!
Big ones? Does is also mean dollars? Or I wonder if it means 100 dollars because a word "big" is used.
I haven't heard such a slang for Japanese yen. But some (a few) people in some world, such as the show business, say 1pon, 2hon, 3bon... for 10 thousand yen, 20 thousand yen, 30 thousand yen.