Talk:Australian fifty-dollar note

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Nicknames[edit]

The $50 note is colloquially known as a 'pineapple'.

What crap is this, newer heard of it before, and Im an aussie. Enlil Ninlil 03:34, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

~~Total crap.~~ Me neither. Me too. ~~Endorse deletion.~~ Hesperian 03:39, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I hear it all the time - it's the most common nickname. I've heard 20's called 'oranges' or 'lobsters'. Google it, or look at the pineapple (disambiguation) page on Wiki, where this nickname was already referenced before I put it in the article. I've qualified it with 'sometimes' to reflect the nickname apparantly not being universal.165.142.249.81 00:55, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another reference - http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/stories/s1570115.htm - so we can rely on what is out there rather than our anecdotal recollections of whether we've heard it used. 165.142.249.81 01:00, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. [1]. Hesperian 01:03, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. And next time guys - how about we Assume_good_faith rather than attack someone elses contributions as 'crap' or 'nonsense'? :) 165.142.249.81 01:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Point taken. My apologies. Hesperian 01:09, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I wont delete it, but still no-one i know uses these names. So you should also put it in the other articles. Enlil Ninlil 06:32, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I hear them quite a bit - 'heeler' for the $10, 'lobster' for the $20, 'pineapple' for the $50. It's just like how Americans call a 5c a nickel and a 10c a dime. Maybe each of these articles needs its own section on nicknames? According to the link Hesperian posted, some people call a $20 a 'redback', which makes sense but I've never heard that one before. Ender 23:38, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We don't call the $50 a 'pineapple'! I wonder if some Ammerican made it up?

I can assure you some of us do. I first heard it a couple of years ago and it stuck with me. 124.168.76.156 (talk) 07:41, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've never heard it either but the question is not whether it's true or not, it's whether we can provide a reference or not. None of these Nicknames sections cite reliable sources. I'm therefore proposing they be deleted. JIMp_talk·cont 04:19, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've put it back in this article. There's plenty of references out there, like the urban dictionary or the one I just added for this article. Maybe we need to put a warning for people not to add new ones without references? 124.168.76.156 (talk) 07:41, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At the Races , Randwick in Sydney, in 2010, a $10 is usually a Smurf, a $20 a Lobster, a $50 a Pineapple and $100 a Bradman. Sometimes $100 are called Clovers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.18.80.9 (talk) 00:58, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have grown up calling tens heelers, twenties lobsters and fifties pineapples! I'm eighteen years old and can say my friends and I have been calling them that for years. My cousin introduced it to me. It's slang and not popularly recognised but nonetheless it is used. Words get referenced when people bring attention to them like we are now! Not long ago muffin top was introduced to the dictionary..

- http://noteworthy-collectibles.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/australian-currency-nicknames.html - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/sydney/practical-information/money-costs Personally I think lonely planet is a reliable source.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonmacca (talk • contribs) 05:18, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think someone should either add those citations or get rid of that supposed colloquialism. I've lived here all my life and never heard it personally 182.239.197.160 (talk) 15:13, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Date[edit]

October 4, 1995, wierd, this is the issue date, the design date would be much earlier. Enlil Ninlil 10:57, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're probably right. People tend to be approximate when they fill in infobox. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 12:32, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Images[edit]

Confused as to how anyone could possibly think they are improving the article by removing images of the older designs.[2] WTH? I have restored them. Hesperian 02:18, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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