who@feddit.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBritish public wrong about nearly everything, survey showswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·4 days ago Official estimates are that just 70 pence in every £100 is fraudulent Can someone explain this in International English, please?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoit’s 16 and 21/724th thruppence, Sterling. On Wednesday, of course. It’s an easy system once you get used to it, drinking helps.
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days ago Official estimates are that just 70 pence £0.70 in every £100 is fraudulent. The British government estimates that Less than 1% of every 100 British pounds is fraudulent.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoFraudulently claimed, as in “people who aren’t supposed to get it”.
Can someone explain this in International English, please?
it’s 16 and 21/724th thruppence, Sterling. On Wednesday, of course. It’s an easy system once you get used to it, drinking helps.
The British government estimates that Less than 1% of every 100 British pounds is fraudulent.
over 5% in USA.
Wdym Fraudulent?
Fraudulently claimed, as in “people who aren’t supposed to get it”.
Fugazy, bogus, phony.
Counterfeit?