Everyone on both sides of the US-Canadian border, if they live this close, has done some cross-border shopping. Canadians came to the States for products not sold in Canada, and to shop on Sunday. Americans went to Canada to take advantage of the exchange rate. A US dollar was always worth around 1.40 Canadian. When ...
This article provides practical English advice on pronouncing RMB and yuan, which are names used for the Chinese currency, and gives examples on how and when to use these names. Background – Renminbi, RMB The official name of China’s currency is the RMB, which is short for the pinyin spelling of “Renminbi.” In Mandarin, “Renmin” ...
The Canadian Dollar is currently worth more than the US Dollar. In 2002 anyone could get C$1.60 for each US dollar. Therefore, everything with a few exceptions like gasoline, was much cheaper in Canada. I used to go to the casinos in Niagara Falls on a regular basis and live like a king. Due to ...
A QUESTIONABLE SYMBOL So frequently do we and our children grow up and go through our lives speaking, reading, and writing a language whose every word we frequently never analyze, never question, never ask whence that word originally came. One such word – or couplet of words – are the words “United States” and their ...
