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Question: When you talk about money, are you more likely to say "dollars" or "bucks"?
dollars - 4 (26.7%)
bucks - 8 (53.3%)
I don't say either - 3 (20%)
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« on: September 18, 2009, 01:57:39 AM »

Just curious...

When you talk to another person about money, do you usually say, "dollars" or "bucks"?

For example, you might one day exclaim:  "Holy crap!  That couch costs $3,000?!"

Are you most likely to put "bucks" or "dollars" on the end of that sentence?


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« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2009, 04:51:32 AM »

I say dollars.Unless I'm p**sed. For example-
DOLLARS-"Tube cut tobacco only cost 1 dollar and change!"  Smile
BUCKS-" Yer theiven' little basterd freinds stole 240 f@uckin' bucks outta my dresser drawer!!! How we gonna pay the rent??? How we gonna eat. If you ever-EVER-let them dicksmacks back in my house-I WILL  KILL THEM. AND YOU WILL BE NEXT!!!
CLEAR? 240 goddam bucks...jeez!"  hot

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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2009, 06:25:58 AM »

I think I usually say bucks, but I'm sure I use dollars sometimes too.  I never really pay any attention - nobody told me there'd be a quiz  Question  TeddyR
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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2009, 06:35:52 AM »

Bucks.  Smile
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« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2009, 07:56:06 AM »

I've always said dollars. Never cared much for calling money bucks.
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« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2009, 07:59:23 AM »

Dollars or if I'm feeling hood, "duckets". 
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« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2009, 09:15:32 AM »

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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2009, 09:38:07 AM »


Depends on the situation: At work it's generally dollars, with friends and in more informal situations it'll be mainly be bucks.
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« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2009, 02:56:55 AM »

Context determines it.  I've even called them smackers, smackeroos, greenbacks, you name it.
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« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2009, 03:24:43 AM »

Usually bucks, but sometimes dollars.
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« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2009, 03:32:14 PM »

I say dollars.Unless I'm p**sed. For example-
DOLLARS-"Tube cut tobacco only cost 1 dollar and change!"  Smile
BUCKS-" Yer theiven' little basterd freinds stole 240 f@uckin' bucks outta my dresser drawer!!! How we gonna pay the rent??? How we gonna eat. If you ever-EVER-let them dicksmacks back in my house-I WILL  KILL THEM. AND YOU WILL BE NEXT!!!
CLEAR? 240 goddam bucks...jeez!"  hot

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« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2009, 04:30:57 PM »

I usually say "bones", don't know why or when it even started. Unless someone is trying to get any amount of money from someone else then it's; "I want my 2 dollars!".
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« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2009, 11:09:59 AM »

I probably say "bucks" about 80% of the time.  Does anyone say "simoleons" anymore?  About 10 or 20 years ago, "coin" was an overused term.  "I don't have enough coin to buy that."  I wasn't a big fan of that term.
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« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2009, 08:11:41 PM »

Never really noticed which one I say more but I think "Dollars" is the term I use most of the time.
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