[PW] Origin of quote

[Brian Whatcott]

At 11:44 PM 5/4/2008, you wrote:
>Edith Bailes wrote:
>
> >Sounds like a variant of taking the King's shilling.
....
>And it somewhat predates the British form, taking the King's shilling.
>The word "soldier" itself comes from "solidus", the coin with which they
>were paid in the Roman Empire. ...
>RCB

Before 1973, the British used a ternary currency, pounds stirling,
  shillings and pence, which were initialized in price tags as as L.s.d.,
standing for libidus, solidus, denarius. If you accept reed's 
etymology, then the shilling and the military post were equivalently derived.


Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!