"Dollar" comes from the dutch "thaler," which was fairly common currency in the new world at the time of the American revolution.<br><br>--S<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Lee Sonko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lee@lee.org">lee@lee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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At a recent 5MoF someone spoke about "community hours", Ithaca Hours and<br>
currency replacements. This might have been Michael Rogers during his talk<br>
"Corporate Peoplehood - Can a corporation become the embodiment of a<br>
people?"<br>
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I recall at recent 5MoF event someone talking about the origin of the word<br>
"dollar" and how stemed from the phrase "days of labor". I want to find this<br>
person and tap them lightly with a truth stick. Does anyone recall this talk<br>
and presenter?<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Shannon Lee<br>(503) 539-3700<br><br>"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."<br>