Brilliant. Just brilliant. If anyone is curious about how and why, in Saxon times, a “sterling” was a silver coin, 240 of them being minted from a pound of silver. So when a large payment was made, they were grouped together in bags of 240, each weighing a pound hence “a pound of sterling” shortened to “pound sterling”.

@HotelPapa100

4 ай бұрын

I don't know if it still say so, but British notes used to have the remark: "10 pound sterling will the bank of England pay to the submittent of this note" (not verbatim) This long after the currency had been unbound from the value of precious metals. I wonder what they did if somebody took them up on this offer.

@mantabond

3 ай бұрын

Illuminating. Many thanks, good sir.

@likeitout

3 ай бұрын

@@HotelPapa100 That’s because the original bank note was an “IOU”. In the past, coins were minted from gold and silver and their value was in the precious metal. People with money, kept it locked at home in a strong box. The first “banks” were trusted money lenders who had the facilities and means of protecting their cash. For a small fee, they’d hold your money for you giving it better protection from theft and fire, than in your home. Against that deposit, they’d write out a promissory note. When merchants travelled, they carried some of that money with them. It doesn’t take much imagination to realise how precarious that could be and merchants often had to employ armed men to accompany their commercial ventures. The first banking family to establish a complex system of promissory notes, were the Rothschilds. They had the advantage of a large family where cousins were bankers in many different countries. So they developed a system where for example, you could deposit your money with a Rothschild bank in London and receive a promissory note saying “I promise to pay the bearer of this note, the sum of ten pounds sterling” then signed by the banker and you could take that to your destination in Naples where you visit another Rothschild bank and exchange the note for the equivalent sum. This was born “the bank note”. The national exchequer cottoned on to this idea so instead of the royal mint melting gold and silver and making coins, it became more popular because of the bulk of so many coins, to exchange bank notes of the same value. These became certificates with water marks and signatures to prevent forgery.

@moiramarriott4403

3 ай бұрын

​@@HotelPapa100 same on the Scottish note the Bank of England promises to pay the bearer. Worked in retail and we were told to refuse Scottish notes, often conterfeit, but tell that to a Scot...oh my, I was the manager and the number of times I have been told to calm down a situation.....

@dilloinitaliano

27 күн бұрын

It derives from ancient Roman Libra Pondo (libra means scale and pondo means pound). The £ on British currency is the letter L which stands for Libra. The Italian currency was Lira Italiana (Libra) and the name for British Pound was Lira Britannica. In order to not confuse them we gave to the British Pound the name of Sterlina (Sterling Silver).

He is fantastic his humor is unique

@Joonas_Rytkonen

5 ай бұрын

It’s not that uniq… he’s from Finland. Us finns understand this humor even better cos we think alike. His humor is just how we Finns see things in the world from our perspective 😁

@asdc2076

5 ай бұрын

​@@Joonas_RytkonenThe perspective: man these people are idiots! 😂

@angrytedtalks

5 ай бұрын

No, his entire comedy set is based on cultural observance, particularly linguistic anomalies. Very common in comedy circuits. Given the weird and unique qualities of the Finnish language, it would be even funnier if he did the set in Finnish, pointing out the absurdities and quirks of that language.

I love how he takes something that everyone and their mother has made snarky remarks about for a century or so, but then pulls just a tiny thing out of his ass that makes it infinitely funnier than any one of those remarks.

@Stadtpark90

5 ай бұрын

A tiny thing? We are talking about one pound here… - which is quite something to pull out.

@rasmusn.e.m1064

5 ай бұрын

@@Stadtpark90 Now you're just telling me didn't follow; he said he *didn't* go to the toilet ;)

Picture your girlfriend saying "I lost some pounds". You will never know if she's happy or mad.

@ninalever9773

5 ай бұрын

😂

@Hirnlego999

5 ай бұрын

good one! Or whether you should be happy or not..

@Danka42

5 ай бұрын

"Oh no! Are you ok?" is the safest response.

@Vaginaninja

5 ай бұрын

You could just ask and communicate like 21st century adults 😊

@Danka42

5 ай бұрын

@@Vaginaninjawhoa there, tiger

a lot of his comedy works so well because his English is a little awkward, and his pauses are not where a native speaker would pause. It sort of keeps you on the edge of your seat, thinking,..."yeah,,go on...finish the sentence already..." And then, when the punchline finally comes, you're off guard, so you laugh . But here's an interesting difference: There are many youtubes of Ismo in Finnish (with English subtitles.) I sure don't speak Finnish....but you can hear that his delivery flows as smoothly as any typical standup comic. The Finnish audience is laughing loudly and enjoying the show...but it seems to me to be a very different show than he gives in English. He also plays guitar, has a backup band on stage with him, and sings funny songs (which I can hear rhyme in Finnish, even though the translation doesn't, of course)..and it is also a smooth delivery with no pauses like he does in English.

@organist1982

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I noticed awhile back just how different his rhythm, speed, and delivery are in his native language!

@MrLady

5 ай бұрын

A native Finnish here. I don't think his joke delivery in Finnish is different when it comes to the rythm how he speaks (I don't know if I'm only Finn who thinks this way) but could it be you kind of hear the language so different if you are not familiar with it?

@organist1982

5 ай бұрын

@@MrLady Maybe. I just noticed awhile back that when I watched one of his videos in which he was telling jokes in Finnish, his speaking seemed much faster with higher energy, like a completely different person.

@fillerbunny

5 ай бұрын

Well, for one, in Finnish he doesn't need the "awkward weird European guy" persona. Just "awkward guy" will do.

@Wenixi

5 ай бұрын

I think these remarks are interesting. Also a Finn here. Well yes he talks more when doing comedy in Finnish. But it is about the same aspects: his observations about life. When he started doing comedy, he has told he was very nervous, and to use the nervousness to his advantage, he developed this stand up persona, a mumbly guy who is a little lost. So I think his very early comedy in Finnish sounds somewhat like his english comedy. You need to know he is one of the best known comedians in here, and a long time professional. So over the years his nervousness has obviously worn out. So it wouldn't work if he subdued his act to sound like he has done comedy for 2 years. He has to be on the same level with the local comedians. Sometimes the delivery in Finnish is kinda the same as you described. He says things in his own way, keeps pauses, and you don't know what to expect. Probably he had the same level of nervousness again presenting in English, cos it's much harder. And probably his english wasn't very good in the beginning, so he developed this style with a fewer words. It's much easier to work with as a non native speaker. Also at a foreign land it's easier to do comedy with fewer words. Everyone understands you're not native, and it gives it a funny aspect. In Finnish those same jokes wouldn't work, it would only sound weird with so few word.

I'd so love to see your long program on a paid platform. You make me laugh so hard I can't breathe, within the space of a few sentences. I imagine an hour of this would be quite cathartic...

You deserve so much more success and visibility Ismo !

I have loved your offbeat, clever humour since I first saw you. The English language and the various cultures of those who speak it are ripe ground for a comedian who speaks English as a secondary language.

My new FAVORITE comedian!! Awesome work man!! 😂😂😂

Ismo is amazingly hilarious super funny so witty! Love him

It’s the delivery that gets me everytime. 😂

ISMO, in English "fat chance" and "slim chance" are both used to mean the same thing (little chance) and I thought this would be something you'd joke about!

Simple but mind blowing!

And then someone pounds your door with a 2-pound potatoe sack....

@Alberts_Kviesis

4 ай бұрын

And then someone pounds your door with a 2-pound sack of potatoes...and it cost you 20 pounds to fix it 😁

So funny, thank you!

Give this man a Netflix special! Ismo pääsee helposti George Carlinin luokkaan jo nykyisillä taidoilla! 😊

He's funny. Period!😁👍

He's the best! ☝️😏👍

That's why they call the money "quid", and they never talk about their weight. Brilliant.

Dry one-liners at its best😂😂

😂 He's so right.

That’s so good 😂

You are so funny..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Pure genius.

Brilliant!😂

I always thought about this. 😂

Hilarious!

Hieno esitys eilen, kiitos...

To be fair though, most currencies are named after units of mass. Like Finish Markka and penni. It's just that no sensible nation use mark, pound, penny, as, thaler / dollar, crowns, uncia, pesos etc. for mass since a while back. I bet the British still uses all of them somehow, including the kg

I want a *_Fluffy Ismo Special_* ...!!!

The origin of the word pound is the same though. Pound sterling came from the weight. It's not ideal but yeah. Bloody Anglo saxons.

@fdagpigj

5 ай бұрын

bloody anglophones

@paulmac7667

5 ай бұрын

Bloody Normans.

how about the way pounds in the US is abbreviated...lbs...that's stupid too...also, 'oz' is ounce, did Dorothy have to go see the Wizard of Ounce?

@kindablue1959

5 ай бұрын

lbs comes from the Roman 'libra pondo' for 'pound of weight/scale/balance'. Why is it so hard for people to accept that many words and expressions have existed for centuries with perfectly reasonable meanings in their day and are not 'stupid'. Words and symbols can become standardized without a practical need to change them. If words were constantly changing 'for the time' we would not be able to read any books written before our time. Many words you use today would be surprising to find out their true origin and original meaning.

I either met this guy, his brother, or a look a like at a Kabab place in Iggesund Sweden LOL he randomly asked if I had heard of "Ismo", then smirked when I had said yes, I didn't even make the connection

told my british friend i lost 20 pounds(weight) and they thought i lost money and said "oh i'm sorry i hope you can find it" before realizing what i meant 🤣

He is good 👍

At one time they were the same. The (pre-Norman) Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had silver coins called "sterlings" and that the compound noun "pound sterling" was derived from a pound (weight) of these sterlings. That's what a kilo years of inflation will do to a currency.

Hahahahaha 😂❤

2 cell phones. Guy in the back taking video & one placed by the speakers to capture audio. Pair them up in editing. Bingo!

He's so much like Mitch Hedberg.

I pound the 50 pound door at the dog pound and pay 50 pound to get my 40 pound dog out of the pound.

ROFL!😂

In UK we use kilos, not pounds. For weighing fat people, we use stones. A stone is 14lbs, so a 14 stone man would be 196lbs in America, but only 89kg in UK. Potatoes are about £1.20 per kilo for a good variety.

@villetakoo

5 ай бұрын

I bet Ismo could crack a nice joke about the stones. 😂

@O_Lee69

5 ай бұрын

If you don't use pounds, why did you explain the stone by using pounds?

@angrytedtalks

5 ай бұрын

@@O_Lee69 Nobody says "I weigh xxx pounds" in UK. Old timers use stone, doctors and under 50s use kilos. We don't use ounces either (just grams), particularly for liquids (millilitres). We don't even use "cups" in recipes.

@O_Lee69

5 ай бұрын

So you are hiding 14 pounds inside the stone.@@angrytedtalks

@angrytedtalks

5 ай бұрын

@@O_Lee69 No, but if someone says they are 20 stone, you know they are huge. If they are 6 stone, they are tiny. On a diet, some people may say how many pounds they lost because it is 2.20665 times more than in kilos.

This Joke was only applicable between 1971 and 1974.

Spanish in Mexico is the same, in that peso is both the weight and the money. That's because real money is weight in silver or gold.

Kokoajan tulee näit shortseja... Millo kunnon videoo? Mut iha hyvä tää oli

@jarisaari3075

Ай бұрын

Mietin samaa, mutta onhan toi nyt paljon helpompaa rahaa. Lisäksi nää kaikki jutut on jo vuosia sitten kuvattuja, joita nyt uudelleen jaetaan.

Wait until you hear about getting pounded.

@em0_tion

5 ай бұрын

🤜🤛

When you want two pounds of potatoes, just ask for 1 kilo. 🙃

I live in uk and yes it can get confusing Go to a shop and somethings 5 pound per pound! Even now im like what the hell does that mean? 😂 And if someone tells you "ive lost 5 pounds" Im like is that a good thing or a bad thing 5 pound in weight is a good thing 5 pound in money isnt lol

Interesting fact. That English 'pound' is short for 'pound sterling', literally a pound by weight of sterling silver. Of course, the pound sterling currency got divorced from the silver standard about a hundred years ago and a modern pound of silver would be worth more like 240 GBP but still, that's where it comes from.

this is why we don’t _actually_ use pounds, kilograms are better in every way

😂

Is that the same also with *Baht* ?

A boxer was paid 200 POUNDS to POUND another boxer; he then left the fight to pick up a dog at the POUND that only weighed 10 POUNDS.

1 pound used to literally be 1 pound of silver

@Alberts_Kviesis

4 ай бұрын

now it is 1 pound of water (due to inflation)

What about sir Poundalot?

Quid problem solved

ThereISMOre

No sign in the UK would call a public toilet a bathroom.

@mr.wizeguy8995

5 ай бұрын

Would it be WC, Toilet or Lavatory or even Loo?

@willscott4785

5 ай бұрын

@@mr.wizeguy8995 It could be any of those except lavatory, and I don't think you'd see loo on a sign. Or it could be Gents.

That is actually incorrect. In UK You wouldnt see bathroom but toilet. Bathroom is american english

Technically the pound (money) is derived from the value of one pound (weight) of Sterling Silver. Of course these days it’s nowhere near that value and now everyone’s pounds (both) are suffering from inflation.

Dollar bills used to pay the bill? Sure, whatever.

Don't they call money "squid" in the UK?

@NoLefTurnUnStoned.

5 ай бұрын

Quid

@ethreix800

5 ай бұрын

@@NoLefTurnUnStoned. Mm no, pretty sure it was squid.

@m1k1a1

5 ай бұрын

@@ethreix800 Maybe you heard it while having dinner in a seafood restaurant?

@NoLefTurnUnStoned.

5 ай бұрын

@@ethreix800 I grew up in London. It's quid.

@ethreix800

5 ай бұрын

@@NoLefTurnUnStoned.That's what I said. It squid.

But they measure in kilos so this doesn’t work in real life

There are a lot of similarities between Bulgaria and Finland, not only the time zone.🎉 When I was in Uk for the first time I wanted to go to the bathroom, so we stopped and I had to cross the road to get to a public WC. There was noone on this road, but as I started crossing it - a car appeared and they stopped to let me cross over. I stopped in dismay and just froze. I did not know what to do, because they stopped. In Bulgaria I would be a road kill already. It was just so perplexing for me! So I waited (in the middle of the road) to let them through. And they waited in their lane also, to let me go across the road. ;-) They got tired after a few minutes and just went on their way and as soon as they went pass me, I (like a true Bulgarian) walked behind the car as it went and shouted at their rear - "What's wrong with you?" 😂😂😂

I like this guy but this joke is not as clever at it seems to be. They're the same word because 1 pound currency was equal to one pound in weight of silver.

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