Money, money, moolah ... As if none of them spoke, and without notes and coins in our world in any way.With the advent of trade has acquired a completely different meaning.At the same time began to appear and the various names for money, including informal.Often said someone apt word goes to the people and the history of its occurrence was lost for centuries.All are familiar names such as gold piece, and Pyatikhatki mower.How much is RUB and where did these "nicknames", few know.But it is not so simple as it seems at first glance.
value jargon "cleaver"
most commonly spoken language in common slang term "chopper".And it is no coincidence.The fact that so designated thousand-dollar bill, and it is one of the most ubiquitous today.But why "cleaver"?How it was at different times, it always is a slang word meaning a thousand rubles?
philologists suggest that such a designation first appeared in the 20s of the last century.Then, the banknotes were issued in denominations of 1 thousand rubles, on which the inscription was made on the bias.Hence the name: "slash" or "chopper".Similar bills have long been withdrawn from circulation, and jargon caught and stayed.This is despite the fact that in Soviet times the face value of this money almost did not go.Only at the end of the XX century it reappeared "cleaver" in the lexicon of youth.
However, in the famous work Vainer brothers "Era meloserdiya" between smoking and Jeglov we can observe a very interesting dialogue.It offers a thief investigator polkosoy to play on, but he says: "... for polsotenke play?".It turns out $ 100 - this is the oblique.And then the question arises: "If a hundred - oblique, the mower 1 - is how much then?"Hitch-with.Perhaps this confusion has arisen because many times held in the Soviet era the denomination, that is, reducing the nominal value by 10 times.Unfortunately, more precisely this question difficult to answer.
Other names
thousand-bill, of course, in different parts of the country to determine the same notes appear more tags words.So, a thousand rubles, and has many other names: "piece", "to", "thing", and even a "ruble".The last two emerged in the 90s, when the value of money was low.Many receives millions of salary, and the price of bread, milk and other products have been three zeros."Pieces" also became known as a wad of money that is initially the word is used for a single convolution.It is believed that it appeared in the conversation even in that distant time when the distance measured by the elbows.With the reduction of one thousand documents, as well as a ton, denoted by the letter "t".Apparently, someone noticed it, caught jargon.So the answer to the question: "A piece of a ton, or cleaver thing - this is how much money?"- One: 1000 rubles.
Other interesting titles money
Each of the bills at different times of the people gave their "proizvischa."One use so far, while others have long been a part of history.Thus, in the second half of the 19th century in the hundred-ruble note came a portrait of Catherine II.People quickly dubbed the bill "Katka", "Baba Katya" or simply "woman".It is not hard to guess that the name "Grandma" to refer to money has gone away.On the 500-ruble was portrayed by Peter I, it was called by analogy "Petka" or "grandfather."But more was to go "5 Katya" or "five-Katka", which later became "Pyatikhatki" already familiar to modern man.Just as is the case with the quip "cleaver" as is rubles, now knows not only youth, but also more distant from the slang people.
What abroad?
Just like us, appearing abroad their funny names for money, and also, as a rule, among the youth.Although they do not know mower - how much is RUB, but the question of the meaning of "bucks", "cabbage" and "Dead Presidents" Americans just do not put in a blind alley.Everyone knows that we are talking about dollars.But from English can be heard at all about what they pay "wagon wheel".Since the 19th century in the United Kingdom represent hard cash.
