1 00:00:04,230 --> 00:00:06,130 Speaker 1: Hey, and welcome to the short stuff. I'm Josh and 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,700 Speaker 1: there's Chuck and Jerry's here too, sitting in for Dave. 3 00:00:08,780 --> 00:00:12,619 Speaker 1: So this is short stuff. And Chuck, we've talked so 4 00:00:12,660 --> 00:00:14,780 Speaker 1: much about currency over the years, but we've never talked 5 00:00:14,820 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: about this. And I think it's high time. This is 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: a good pick for you. 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: Thank you. We're talking about currency symbols and what they 8 00:00:20,890 --> 00:00:22,570 Speaker 2: mean and where they came from. And we'll start with 9 00:00:22,590 --> 00:00:25,810 Speaker 2: the dollar. We're looking at you, United States and Canada 10 00:00:25,850 --> 00:00:28,710 Speaker 2: and Namibia, New Zealand and 17 other countries that use 11 00:00:28,730 --> 00:00:32,990 Speaker 2: the dollar. It comes from the Spanish peso, apparently, which 12 00:00:33,170 --> 00:00:36,089 Speaker 2: has been around since the 15th century. The peso de 13 00:00:36,190 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: ocho or pieces of eight. 14 00:00:37,550 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: Did not know that. 15 00:00:38,310 --> 00:00:43,580 Speaker 2: And the eventual United States would model their dollar after 16 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:44,060 Speaker 2: the peso. 17 00:00:44,620 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: Did not know that either. And in fact, Chuck, they 18 00:00:47,580 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: think that the dollar sign came from people abbreviating the 19 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:56,770 Speaker 1: word peso. They would say P.S. And somebody eventually was like, 20 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:58,850 Speaker 1: you know what? I can really save some space. if 21 00:00:58,930 --> 00:01:02,029 Speaker 1: I wrote the S over the P, someone else came 22 00:01:02,070 --> 00:01:03,790 Speaker 1: along and said, you know what? We could save even 23 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:06,190 Speaker 1: more space if we got rid of the round part 24 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:08,690 Speaker 1: of the P. And someone else said, oh my God, 25 00:01:08,730 --> 00:01:10,410 Speaker 1: you guys just created a dollar sign. 26 00:01:11,790 --> 00:01:14,370 Speaker 2: That's right. That first appeared in print as the dollar 27 00:01:14,390 --> 00:01:19,810 Speaker 2: sign after 1800. And there are three iterations. I guess 28 00:01:20,090 --> 00:01:23,550 Speaker 2: the first PS was the first one. The single stroke 29 00:01:24,069 --> 00:01:27,660 Speaker 2: through the S was the second one. And then as 30 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:32,510 Speaker 2: all elementary school children know and love the double vertical 31 00:01:32,569 --> 00:01:34,950 Speaker 2: lines through the S is yet another version. 32 00:01:35,150 --> 00:01:37,850 Speaker 1: I've always, I've never really thought it out loud, but I, 33 00:01:38,090 --> 00:01:40,110 Speaker 1: I've always thought of that as meaning like now you're 34 00:01:40,130 --> 00:01:42,750 Speaker 1: talking real money. So you have to put two, two 35 00:01:42,790 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: vertical lines through it. 36 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:45,140 Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh, that's funny. 37 00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: But yes, so that you could call the Randian version. 38 00:01:51,140 --> 00:01:53,220 Speaker 1: Cause I ran, took a crack at it and just 39 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,310 Speaker 1: made up this idea that the two lines are actually a, 40 00:01:57,180 --> 00:01:59,700 Speaker 1: S over a U and someone got rid of the 41 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:03,090 Speaker 1: loopy bottom of the U and that U and S 42 00:02:03,130 --> 00:02:06,590 Speaker 1: stood for United States. And that's where the double line 43 00:02:06,630 --> 00:02:10,150 Speaker 1: dollar sign came from. And everybody's like, good try, Ayn Rand. 44 00:02:10,910 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: Those two vertical lines going through some sort of symbol 45 00:02:14,290 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: is actually pretty common among currencies. Yeah. 46 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,650 Speaker 2: And P.S., you just made that up. 47 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,790 Speaker 1: Exactly. P.S., I love you. P.S. 48 00:02:24,810 --> 00:02:26,340 Speaker 2: I love you. So, like I said, there are 20 49 00:02:26,340 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 2: countries that use the dollar sign. And how you designate 50 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,140 Speaker 2: it is with the abbreviation or, I guess, the initials 51 00:02:35,180 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: for the country before, like U.S. dollar, C.A. for Canadian dollar, etc. 52 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,870 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think that's such a great burn that Canada 53 00:02:43,010 --> 00:02:46,250 Speaker 1: adopted the dollar and abandoned the pound. Way to go, Canada. 54 00:02:48,110 --> 00:02:49,130 Speaker 2: Should we move on to the euro? 55 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:53,030 Speaker 1: Yes, because that's a very, very new currency. One of 56 00:02:53,070 --> 00:02:58,030 Speaker 1: the newest currencies. It was the euro wasn't around until 57 00:02:58,570 --> 00:03:02,490 Speaker 1: the 21st century in 2002. Yeah. Yeah. 58 00:03:02,630 --> 00:03:06,580 Speaker 2: The EU had been around since 1992 when 12 European 59 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:12,620 Speaker 2: countries got together to form that body the following year. And, 60 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: you know, creating a single currency was one of the 61 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:16,209 Speaker 2: things behind it. 62 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:21,710 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a big deal. The symbol itself is 63 00:03:22,030 --> 00:03:25,339 Speaker 1: it's a curvy E. And then it has two horizontal 64 00:03:25,380 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: lines going through it. And that's based on the Greek 65 00:03:28,060 --> 00:03:32,230 Speaker 1: letter epsilon or E essentially, which is E in English. 66 00:03:32,510 --> 00:03:34,609 Speaker 1: E is the first letter in Europe. You're starting to 67 00:03:34,669 --> 00:03:35,330 Speaker 1: get this now. 68 00:03:35,970 --> 00:03:36,390 Speaker 2: There you go. 69 00:03:36,490 --> 00:03:42,029 Speaker 1: The two lines represent stability. And then very mysteriously, the 70 00:03:42,270 --> 00:03:47,490 Speaker 1: Euro designer has never been revealed by the EU. I 71 00:03:47,570 --> 00:03:51,050 Speaker 1: suspect it's because it's an American and they hadn't looked 72 00:03:51,150 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: into the person's background yet. when they hired him. And 73 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,119 Speaker 1: I also suspect that that American is Eddie Money, which 74 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: is why they hired him in the first place, but 75 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: they didn't realize he was American. 76 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,290 Speaker 2: That's funny. He had two tickets to paradise and two 77 00:04:07,390 --> 00:04:08,290 Speaker 2: strokes through a E. Yeah. 78 00:04:08,310 --> 00:04:12,430 Speaker 1: He strokes it to the east, strokes it to the west. 79 00:04:15,370 --> 00:04:18,469 Speaker 2: Like I said, that was launched in 2002. And originally 80 00:04:18,490 --> 00:04:21,180 Speaker 2: there were seven banknotes and eight coins in And the 81 00:04:21,250 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 2: banknotes are identical everywhere. But I did not know this 82 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:29,140 Speaker 2: because I haven't been there since the Euro, actually. Or 83 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,500 Speaker 2: have I? Yes, I have. The coins have a common 84 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: design on one side and each country has their own 85 00:04:34,690 --> 00:04:35,910 Speaker 2: design on the flip side. 86 00:04:36,370 --> 00:04:37,530 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's sweet. 87 00:04:38,330 --> 00:04:38,690 Speaker 2: Pretty cool. 88 00:04:38,730 --> 00:04:42,310 Speaker 1: It's like, don't forget about your heritage. The UK was 89 00:04:42,350 --> 00:04:45,029 Speaker 1: part of the EU for a long time. It was 90 00:04:45,089 --> 00:04:47,620 Speaker 1: one of the founding members in 1992. And in 2020, 91 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:52,150 Speaker 1: it left. I didn't know that. Did you? 92 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:54,540 Speaker 2: They Brexited. 93 00:04:54,620 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know. I'm just kidding. They kept the pound 94 00:04:57,700 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: the entire time, though. They're like, yeah, we helped found 95 00:04:59,980 --> 00:05:03,430 Speaker 1: the EU, but we're not adopting the euro. And actually, 96 00:05:03,490 --> 00:05:06,130 Speaker 1: I agree with this for good reason. The pound sterling 97 00:05:06,210 --> 00:05:10,270 Speaker 1: is the oldest living continuous currency in the world. And brother, 98 00:05:10,730 --> 00:05:12,890 Speaker 1: it is old. Yeah. 99 00:05:13,089 --> 00:05:14,620 Speaker 2: They're like, we're not going to flush that down the 100 00:05:14,650 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 2: toilet for your fancy new money. 101 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:17,099 Speaker 1: Why would you? 102 00:05:18,260 --> 00:05:25,350 Speaker 2: It's super old. I think 928 CE. Is that right? Yep. Well, 103 00:05:25,390 --> 00:05:28,969 Speaker 2: that's when it was officially adopted by King Athelstan. 104 00:05:29,050 --> 00:05:29,230 Speaker 1: Yeah. 105 00:05:29,870 --> 00:05:32,670 Speaker 2: But they apparently had been in circulation even before that 106 00:05:32,710 --> 00:05:35,450 Speaker 2: and accepted like the pound sterling, which I think originally 107 00:05:35,529 --> 00:05:38,330 Speaker 2: was like one pound of silver. 108 00:05:38,350 --> 00:05:39,590 Speaker 1: Yeah. 109 00:05:39,710 --> 00:05:41,830 Speaker 2: Equals whatever this note is worth. 110 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: I don't know where you got this one, but I 111 00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:46,550 Speaker 1: love this sentence that no one's sure where the term 112 00:05:46,670 --> 00:05:51,290 Speaker 1: pound sterling originated. But experts agree it has some connection 113 00:05:51,350 --> 00:05:53,650 Speaker 1: to weight in silver. Yeah. 114 00:05:54,010 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 2: Do you think I answered it? 115 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 1: You know what? I could have said that, too. And 116 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,620 Speaker 1: I'm not even a currency expert. 117 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 2: Yeah. And of course, the pound symbol, I guess it 118 00:06:03,660 --> 00:06:06,620 Speaker 2: looks sort of like if an F and an L 119 00:06:07,190 --> 00:06:07,810 Speaker 2: had a baby. 120 00:06:08,470 --> 00:06:10,210 Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, good one. A lowercase F. 121 00:06:10,380 --> 00:06:11,290 Speaker 2: Yeah, lowercase F. 122 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,539 Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. It's really hard to do by hand, 123 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:15,060 Speaker 1: I've found. 124 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,140 Speaker 2: Oh, I have never tried to write that. 125 00:06:18,460 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: But the L is for Libra, which is Latin for 126 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,820 Speaker 1: scales or balances, because, again, this has to do with 127 00:06:24,900 --> 00:06:30,310 Speaker 1: weighing in silver. And the slash through it is a 128 00:06:31,150 --> 00:06:32,470 Speaker 1: mystery from what I can tell. 129 00:06:33,830 --> 00:06:35,690 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think anyone knows. 130 00:06:35,710 --> 00:06:39,100 Speaker 1: No. Which is good enough for me. I mean, keep 131 00:06:39,140 --> 00:06:41,860 Speaker 1: it mysterious a little bit, pound sterling. Yeah. 132 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,540 Speaker 2: And, you know, no other nation uses the pound sterling. 133 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,750 Speaker 2: But there are some former British colonies who have a 134 00:06:49,790 --> 00:06:52,210 Speaker 2: pound that's just not the pound sterling. Like you can 135 00:06:52,250 --> 00:06:53,510 Speaker 2: have a Nigerian pound. 136 00:06:53,610 --> 00:06:56,349 Speaker 1: Right. Or an Egyptian pound. Yeah. 137 00:06:56,390 --> 00:06:58,630 Speaker 2: And it's the same symbol. But they have, again, the 138 00:06:58,690 --> 00:07:00,210 Speaker 2: designation with the letter of the country. 139 00:07:00,390 --> 00:07:03,380 Speaker 1: Okay. I say that we take a break and come 140 00:07:03,420 --> 00:07:05,820 Speaker 1: back and talk about some other currencies around the world 141 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:06,700 Speaker 1: and their symbols. 142 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 2: Let's do it. 143 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: Okay, Chuck. I feel like a total schmo because I 144 00:07:26,820 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: forgot to ask Yumi about this very surprising statement in 145 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:39,910 Speaker 1: this article that the Japanese yen... is pronounced N in Japanese. 146 00:07:40,310 --> 00:07:42,370 Speaker 1: I have never heard that before. I couldn't find it 147 00:07:42,550 --> 00:07:45,580 Speaker 1: anywhere else. And I meant to ask you me, and 148 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,060 Speaker 1: I failed to. So I'm sorry about that. Yeah. 149 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 2: It seems dubious to me, because this came from HowStuffWorks.com, 150 00:07:54,980 --> 00:08:01,310 Speaker 2: by the way. And it says that they found that 151 00:08:01,750 --> 00:08:06,790 Speaker 2: people from other countries pronounced it as Yen, And that's 152 00:08:06,830 --> 00:08:08,310 Speaker 2: why they put the Y in there. But the only 153 00:08:08,350 --> 00:08:09,830 Speaker 2: reason I say that is because there is a Y 154 00:08:09,930 --> 00:08:10,290 Speaker 2: in there. 155 00:08:10,450 --> 00:08:11,330 Speaker 1: It's just wrong. 156 00:08:11,350 --> 00:08:13,070 Speaker 2: So I can't figure it out. 157 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:15,300 Speaker 1: No, I think there's nothing to figure out. And I'm 158 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,100 Speaker 1: glad I didn't ask you, because I think she would 159 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: have looked at me like I was an idiot. 160 00:08:19,740 --> 00:08:22,460 Speaker 2: Well, at any rate, the symbol for the Yen is 161 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:25,670 Speaker 2: a capital Y, again, with two horizontal lines running through it, 162 00:08:26,380 --> 00:08:30,740 Speaker 2: through the stem, that is. And sometimes a single horizontal line, 163 00:08:30,860 --> 00:08:34,700 Speaker 2: just like the dollar and some others. And it's the 164 00:08:34,740 --> 00:08:40,010 Speaker 2: same thing as... the Chinese symbol for its, how would 165 00:08:40,030 --> 00:08:40,550 Speaker 2: you pronounce that? 166 00:08:40,590 --> 00:08:40,930 Speaker 1: Yuan. 167 00:08:40,950 --> 00:08:41,490 Speaker 2: The Yuan. 168 00:08:41,870 --> 00:08:42,050 Speaker 1: Okay. 169 00:08:42,309 --> 00:08:42,770 Speaker 2: That's what I thought. 170 00:08:42,790 --> 00:08:48,030 Speaker 1: Yep. But they have a different currency system, the renminbi, 171 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,750 Speaker 1: and the Yuan is actually like a denomination of it, 172 00:08:51,780 --> 00:08:56,620 Speaker 1: but everybody, including the Chinese, call it the Yuan. But 173 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: because they use the same symbol, there's the CN and 174 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,130 Speaker 1: then the Y symbol for the Chinese Yuan and the 175 00:09:02,210 --> 00:09:07,370 Speaker 1: JPY symbol for the Japanese Yen. And this is true. 176 00:09:07,910 --> 00:09:10,490 Speaker 1: If you go to Japan today, you better bring a 177 00:09:10,510 --> 00:09:16,309 Speaker 1: lot of cash because there are a lot of independent businesses, restaurants, 178 00:09:16,350 --> 00:09:19,010 Speaker 1: that kind of thing. Especially the further you get out 179 00:09:19,050 --> 00:09:21,710 Speaker 1: of a city, that will be like cash only, buddy. 180 00:09:21,910 --> 00:09:23,130 Speaker 1: And we don't have an ATM. 181 00:09:24,110 --> 00:09:26,270 Speaker 2: I love that. MS Cash. What does Japanese cash look like? 182 00:09:26,309 --> 00:09:28,610 Speaker 2: Is it cool? Do you remember? 183 00:09:28,630 --> 00:09:30,110 Speaker 1: I don't remember. No. 184 00:09:30,130 --> 00:09:31,150 Speaker 2: All right. 185 00:09:31,490 --> 00:09:35,790 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. It's been... God. I think the last time 186 00:09:35,809 --> 00:09:38,890 Speaker 1: I was there was 2013. So, you know, give me 187 00:09:38,929 --> 00:09:40,260 Speaker 1: a break. Yeah. 188 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:43,420 Speaker 2: I still have some Canadian cash in my purse, by 189 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 2: the way. 190 00:09:43,820 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 191 00:09:44,900 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. And every time I'm at the airport, I forget 192 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,020 Speaker 2: to go by the old Cambio. So maybe I'll just 193 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 2: wait till I'm back in Canada and I'll spend that, 194 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,660 Speaker 2: invest in my friends from the north. 195 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: Two things, Chuck. I think that your bank that you 196 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:59,620 Speaker 1: have like a regular account with will convert that for you. 197 00:10:00,090 --> 00:10:00,910 Speaker 2: I wondered about that. 198 00:10:01,650 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: And well, three things. Number two, if you do it 199 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: at the airport, you're going to get completely ripped off. Yeah. 200 00:10:07,620 --> 00:10:09,860 Speaker 1: The bank will totally rip you off. Number three, I'm 201 00:10:09,980 --> 00:10:13,479 Speaker 1: so glad you brought that up because Canada just announced 202 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 1: that their new $ 5 bill has Terry Fox on it. 203 00:10:18,809 --> 00:10:19,380 Speaker 2: Oh, no way. 204 00:10:19,390 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: It's awesome looking, too. 205 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,420 Speaker 2: Oh, well, I'm definitely not getting rid of this cash. 206 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 2: I'll just go trade it in for Terry Fox Fivers. 207 00:10:25,580 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: There you go. 208 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:31,179 Speaker 2: Spin some of those on some maple syrup and Montreal 209 00:10:31,220 --> 00:10:34,650 Speaker 2: bagels and then pocket one just to keep forever. 210 00:10:34,670 --> 00:10:36,990 Speaker 1: Very nice. And then drink a Molson Golden and then 211 00:10:37,050 --> 00:10:40,010 Speaker 1: promptly vomit. All right. 212 00:10:40,090 --> 00:10:41,270 Speaker 2: You want to finish up with the rupee? 213 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,020 Speaker 1: Yes, it also is a very, very old currency, but 214 00:10:45,070 --> 00:10:47,690 Speaker 1: it hasn't been in continuous use like the pound has. 215 00:10:47,750 --> 00:10:52,469 Speaker 1: But it dates back to about 2600 years ago, which 216 00:10:52,570 --> 00:10:54,830 Speaker 1: makes it even more strange that it didn't have its 217 00:10:54,890 --> 00:10:58,750 Speaker 1: own symbol like a dollar sign until 2010 when they 218 00:10:58,790 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: held the design contest. And this designer was named Professor D. 219 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: Udaya Kumar, who is a professor in design, produced the 220 00:11:07,540 --> 00:11:08,780 Speaker 1: winning symbol for the rupee. 221 00:11:09,620 --> 00:11:12,110 Speaker 2: Yeah, prior to that, it had always just been R-S 222 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,550 Speaker 2: or R-E. It was denoted by letters. But how would 223 00:11:16,590 --> 00:11:18,890 Speaker 2: you describe, you know, I encourage people, if it's safe 224 00:11:18,929 --> 00:11:20,809 Speaker 2: to do so, to look up the symbol for the rupee, 225 00:11:20,830 --> 00:11:21,890 Speaker 2: but how would you describe this? 226 00:11:21,970 --> 00:11:24,030 Speaker 1: I don't think it's safe. Like, I don't think you're 227 00:11:24,050 --> 00:11:25,709 Speaker 1: going to get malware or anything. 228 00:11:26,390 --> 00:11:28,260 Speaker 2: No, I mean if you're driving in a car or something. 229 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:28,630 Speaker 2: Come on. 230 00:11:28,780 --> 00:11:30,330 Speaker 1: Okay, make an R, capital R. 231 00:11:30,340 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: Okay. 232 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: Lop the top part off so it's just flat. Oh, okay. 233 00:11:36,929 --> 00:11:40,250 Speaker 1: And then lop the front bubble part off and then 234 00:11:40,429 --> 00:11:41,790 Speaker 1: get rid of the back stem. 235 00:11:43,690 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: Okay. 236 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: Now add another line. So there's two lines. And then 237 00:11:48,179 --> 00:11:53,010 Speaker 1: the bottom coming out of the R. That's essentially it. 238 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,140 Speaker 1: I'm going to try five or six different ways if 239 00:11:56,179 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: you'll bear with me. No. No. 240 00:11:59,179 --> 00:12:02,829 Speaker 2: So apparently it has elements from a script used to 241 00:12:02,870 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 2: write a lot of Indian languages that Devanagara, and then 242 00:12:08,220 --> 00:12:13,429 Speaker 2: also Roman and Latin scripts. And the Devanagara is Ra 243 00:12:13,630 --> 00:12:16,110 Speaker 2: for rupiah, and the Roman letter R for the English 244 00:12:16,150 --> 00:12:20,870 Speaker 2: word rupee. And those parallel lines represent the tricolored flag 245 00:12:21,110 --> 00:12:23,089 Speaker 2: of India, as well as the equal symbol. 246 00:12:23,330 --> 00:12:28,210 Speaker 1: Booyah. You can also find rupees in Indonesia, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, 247 00:12:28,530 --> 00:12:31,410 Speaker 1: and Sri Lanka, among others. But they don't use that 248 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:34,109 Speaker 1: R symbol, the 2010 R rupee symbol. 249 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 2: That's right. 250 00:12:36,380 --> 00:12:39,579 Speaker 1: Chuck, I feel like that's about it. We've covered literally 251 00:12:39,780 --> 00:12:43,850 Speaker 1: every single currency in the entire world. So I think 252 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,890 Speaker 1: short stuff is out. It's out. 253 00:12:49,490 --> 00:12:52,350 Speaker 2: Stuff You Should Know is a production of iHeartRadio. For 254 00:12:52,370 --> 00:12:56,500 Speaker 2: more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 255 00:12:56,630 --> 00:12:58,459 Speaker 2: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.