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Very cross with my edition of The Naughtiest Girl in the School, right now.
This book was written in the 1940s.
The kids are given two pounds each week for pocket money.
Said pounds are made up of 100 pence each.
GRRR.
Judicious googling confirms my suspicion that the original edition had them receiving two shillings each week.
Why, oh why do people think these things need to be dumbed down? Either the kids won't notice the weird currency, or else they WILL notice and will therefore LEARN something!
This is actually annoying me more than the American editions of Harry Potter.
This book was written in the 1940s.
The kids are given two pounds each week for pocket money.
Said pounds are made up of 100 pence each.
GRRR.
Judicious googling confirms my suspicion that the original edition had them receiving two shillings each week.
Why, oh why do people think these things need to be dumbed down? Either the kids won't notice the weird currency, or else they WILL notice and will therefore LEARN something!
This is actually annoying me more than the American editions of Harry Potter.