Darren wrote:

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 08:55:03 +0100, Ian
wrote:


I would think the results would be startlingly different if the survey
had been conducted in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow....or Shankhill Road,
Belfast.


Sure. But these areas have their own notes.

The vast majority of Britons do live in England. The Dickens/Darwin
reference clear indicates these are Bank of England notes - seemed
fair to ask the question in England.

What's up Doc?

If Bank of England notes were legal tender only in England, and we were
talking about `English' as opposed to `Britons' I would have little or
no hesitation in agreeing with you.

However when talking of Britons, or things `Brit' then perhaps we should
differentiate between Britain and England. They are not mutually
interchangeable. It is not that there is a problem with England having
notes, or Scotland, or Northern Ireland.

Glaswegians are `Britons' and I can assure you that if the survey was
conducted in that particular 100% British environment (indeed it
probably has less `foreigners' as a percentage of current population at
any given moment of time than London), the results (within a 3% error
margin) would be totally unrecognisable when compared with the original
survey.....now why is that I wonder? :-)


Personally speaking, i'd rather see Bugs Bunny on tenners before anyone
else mentioned.


Thought Bugs would make it on to the Dollar bill first surely?


Those Americans don't know how to go about honouring true celebrity in
an apropriate manner. They need us to show the way. In any event, it's
about time we had someone like Adam Smith on both US and UK Bank Notes.

....talk about the wealth of nations? You need to refer to a Scot!!