Why the fuck is the symbol for money an S with lines through it? Amirite?

Ahh, a person who questions the unexplainable when we come into contact with this everyday thing. I'm sorry my friend, for I too questioned this, cannot answer your question..... But Google Can. :D

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, but I don't know how to use google.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

:o Go to Google, and type stuff. That's it!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+is+the+dollar+sign+an+s+with+lines+through+it%3F

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's a dollar symbol, not a symbol for money. There are some theories as to how it came about.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah but I thought money sounded better.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're further perpetuating the stereotype of Americans being self-centered. Thanks, bro...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

how is that self centered....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

He didn't even consider there were other types of currency.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

KKKKKKK... do you know what SELF centered means?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

GTFO. I'm not arguing with you.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol i can see from your profile your a high and mighty bitch.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, if I'd known you would analyze my word choice so in depth, I probably would have said dollar.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

True, but when people quickly write, "give me the money" or something, they use dollar signs.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's because it usually happens in american countries where they want USD

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I guess...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

in other countries they even have different symbols on cartoon money bags

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're are FUCKING retarded. Of course they mean USD (U-N-I-T-E-D S-T-A-T-E-S D-O-L-L-A-R-S!!) I would say you should get out of the US to realize there are actually OTHER countries, but I don't want you out there representing America. You should probably just kill yourself.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

trolololololololo

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not even funny that you think that's what I am. It's even sadder, further proving my point.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It used to be a S with a U on top of it (get it-U.S.), but then shortened into an S with two lines through it, and then eventually shortened to what it is today, an S with one line through it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Except that's a discounted theory because the dollar sign was around before the US was... I got bored and googled this after I commented lol.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It started as two pillars with some kind of ribbon wrapped around them, but it was simplified.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

..why not?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

why not? why not take a crazy chance?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

whyyyy nottt do a crazy dance?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

you always dress in yellow, when you wanna dress in gold?> say whyyyy not? why not? gotta love the duffster

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Money symbol? $ and R are both money symbols. $ is the dollar symbol -_-

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's mostly just one line now

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Sometimes they only have the little stubs of the line from the ends! $

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh haha, i thought it said "where" not "why", so I clicked on it thinking "this guy is a complete moron". Haha...my bad :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've heard it two ways: that it started out as 2 cent signs on top of one another and people just started writing it as $, and that it was US with the U on top of the S and people just left off the bottom of the U.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was thinking about this earlier today. I read in Atlas Shrugged that it was originally he U.S.'s initials overlapped.

by Anonymous 13 years ago