I had a thought ... (I know, call the newspapers).

[Greg Ewing]

David LeBlanc wrote:
> 
> Currency might be a comfortable metaphor for people,
> especially accounting types who probably think a number is naked without
> a currency symbol.

But you need *some* numbers other than currency.
If I buy 3 widgets at $1.23 each I'm spending
3 * $1.23, not $3 * $1.23, which would give a
result in square dollars.

I don't know what square dollars look like,
but I'm sure my bank wouldn't accept them...

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