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Wait a minute... Does the name of the currency come from payments that were not counted but weighed? Gotta check.
ETA: Oh my gosh yes, one pound sterling (currency) was originally one pound (weight) of sterling silver. I'm probably the last person to discover this, but still that's pretty cool.
What does ETA stand for in this context?
Edited To Add. The constant barrage of TLAs is exhausting.
What does TLA stand for in this context?
Three Letter Acronym
Beautiful
Fucking hell, lol
CIA = Can't Ignore Ass
FBI = For Better Income
NSA = Not Sucking Anyone
TIL
There are also Extended Three-Letter Acronyms, because e.g. Four-Letter Acronym would be a TLA.
We can go deeper.
Next is the Doubly Extended Three Letter Acronym.