Shilling
The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in the United Kingdom and other British Commonwealth countries. The word shilling comes from scilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, and from there back to Old Norse, where it means "division", and in fact many Norse influenced countries use the term too.
Slang terms for the old shilling coins include "bob" and "hog".
One abbreviation for shilling is s (for solidus, see £sd). Often it was informally represented by a slash, standing for a long s or ſ, thus 1/6 would be 1 shilling and sixpence, often pronounced "one and six" (and equivalent to 18d; the shilling itself was valued at 12d). A price with no pence was written with a slash and a dash: 11/–. Quite often a triangle or (serif) apostrophe would be used to give a neater appearance, such as 1'6 or 11'–. In Africa, it is often abbreviated sh.
During the Great Recoinage of 1816, the mint was instructed to coin one troy pound (weighing 5760 grains) of standard (0.925 fine) silver into 66 shillings, or its equivalent in other denominations. This effectively set the weight of the shilling, and its subsequent decimal replacement 5 new pence coin, at 87.2727 grains or 5.655 grams from 1816 to 1990, when a new smaller 5p coin was introduced.
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by: SloanGot your invitation
Bless your heart, you're good to call
Another night on the town
With everyone around
Doesn't seem that fun at all
Since we're very important
People, we can skip the line
I can do you one better
We'll skip it all together
And the pleasure will be mine
But I'll try to make it
Hope I can make it
Try to make it now
Hope I can make it
You said you would meet me
If I'm halfway interested
I'd be upset if you waited
Frankly, stunned if I made it
I insist you go ahead
I mean to be gracious
But I feel put on the spot
If I'm not acting excited
That I was invited
It's because I'm kinda not
But I'll try to make
Hope I can make it
Try to make it now
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Notice I'm under
House arrest that's self-imposed
Started to wonder
What we do behind doors when they're closed
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Sent an invitation
I left it stuck up on your door
Cause when I need you, you're there
If you come over, I swear
I won't be stuck up anymore
I've come to my senses
I was blind, but now I see
Down go my defenses
I'm begging you to spend your time with me
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