"Moneys" vs. "Money"

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I sort of understand why Americans would want to use the term "moneys" occasionally when dealing with multiple sources and millions of dollars, but a coworker of mine seems to fall short of understanding that money itself is a plural term. This person has the worst vocabulary ever, so this little affectation appears to be her way of sounding sophisticated (though her husband is British, so maybe she's picking it up from him), but when she refers to collecting "moneys" for ordering lunch, it is a bit much.

Are there any hard and fast rules on this usage? Hearing it repeatedly has become annoying, but if it is 100% grammatically correct, perhaps that will take the sting out of it.

― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Saturday, 23 April 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

I prefer "monies".

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 23 April 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

Thief.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 23 April 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

UGH. I hate when someone says "monies" or "moneys".

― Ian Riese-Moraine has a grenade, that pineapple's not just a toy! (Eastern Mantr, Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

Your friend has spent too long sniffing in the deep fat fryer & ought to have a bell round her neck, but I can't fault her, grammatically.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 24 April 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

I take that back.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 24 April 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

i don't think i've ever heard anyone say this. Dud anyway even if it's correct.

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 24 April 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's a DUD, dude. Tell her that! I looked it up on the internet and it's a goddamn DUD!

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 24 April 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

I mean, nobody beats me now I got internet.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 24 April 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

"WASSACAPITALAKATMANDUYACUNT?"

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 24 April 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

Just goggling....Napoli!

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 24 April 2005 01:18 (twenty years ago)

"BOP!"

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 24 April 2005 01:18 (twenty years ago)

our search - WASSACAPITALAKATMANDUYACUNT - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:
- Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
- Try different keywords.
- Try more general keywords.

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 24 April 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

I think the drunk was suggesting that all answers to questions such as this can be found by Googling; for example the question "what is the capital of Katmandu, ya cunt?" yields the answer "Napoli" through proper search procedure using Google.

But I have not performed the search myself to see if this is the answer or the question. I am only vaguely familiar with Katmandu.

― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Sunday, 24 April 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has a grenade, that pineapple's not just a toy! (Eastern Mantr, Sunday, 24 April 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

Eyeball, you seem a bit wound up lately.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 24 April 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

Yes, yes, it is not good.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 24 April 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

moanies

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 24 April 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

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