Scottish Currency

[SteveD]

If the Scottish referendum results in a vote for independance and, for whatever reason, neither the pound sterling nor the euro can be used, what would be your suggestions for a name for the new currency?

[sandyRoe]

The Groat. Was a name for a coin years ago and I think the word also has something to do with porridge.

[mazie]

I like Bawbee

[sandyRoe]

Aye, a sporran full of bawbees has something of a ring to it.

[mazie]

It certainly does sandy :o)

[sandyRoe]

Whereas a sporran full of cooked porridge wouldna make a sound :-)

[Old_Geezer]

In that event, they already print their own notes so why would it not be the Scottish Pound ? Anyway I suspect the lure of the Euro might win out.

[mazie]

You wouldn't want soggy oats slorpping around in yer wee bag though sandy

[Cannedgranny]

sandy, I love your sense of humour.

[Slapshot]

It'll be called "the great pointless pillock" or Salmond for short.... ;)

[sandyRoe]

Cannedgranny, thank you.
I was thinking of putting a piece together and taking it to the fringe at the Edinburgh Festival. Would porridge go down well? Jokes about porridge, I mean. :-)

[Cannedgranny]

Perhaps you would be better off sticking to haggis sandy.

[Peter Pedant]

I like. ..... Turkish Lira
because the unit will be worth one......

(Wharton has a thread on this.... )

[Peter Pedant]

or.... Grottish - implying whether people should go and visit or not

[Peter Pedant]

educated Chewn
I always thought it was the first syllable of scrotum.

[mikey4444]

The jock !

[jomifl]

Or even the 'joke'

[ChillDoubt]

What about 'the Chib'?

[ChillDoubt]

Or as the US has the Buck, maybe Scotland could have the Buckfast?