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February 15, 2013, 10:47:19 PM
#13
I like 'coin, but it'll probably never catch on.

Any of the above might be permissible if you'd fix the problem "alot" in your poll and say "a lot" instead.  That's going to grate on me all night long! Smiley
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February 15, 2013, 10:45:34 PM
#12
"Alot" isn't a word in English so I didn't pick that option  Tongue  Grin

Word.
legendary
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February 15, 2013, 10:41:09 PM
#11
"Some coin" means a lot of loot, but you don't say you have 12 coin in your pocket. I have BitcoinZZ because that's the pluralized version meaning more than one.

+1
legendary
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February 15, 2013, 10:18:13 PM
#10
"much Bitcoin"; "many bitcoins"

 Wink

This.

much must be used with uncountable nouns, while many for countable ones.

NB: Above sentence intentionally left capitalized.
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Gerald Davis
February 15, 2013, 07:51:36 PM
#9
Bitcoin = the protocol/technology.  There is no such thing as Bitcoins.

bitcoin  = a unit of value, equal to 1E8 satohis in the Bitcoin protocol.
bitcoins = plural, more than one bitcoin (i.e. 2 BTC is "two bitcoins").
legendary
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February 15, 2013, 07:38:11 PM
#8
I use "Bitcoin" when referring to the technology. When referring amounts of the currency, it's "bitcoins" when speaking in terms of quantity (the more normal usage, to me), and "bitcoin" when speaking in terms of volume (unusual but grammatically valid) or a single 1BTC parcel.
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Legen -wait for it- dary
February 15, 2013, 07:27:20 PM
#7
"Some coin" means a lot of loot, but you don't say you have 12 coin in your pocket. I have BitcoinZZ because that's the pluralized version meaning more than one.
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February 15, 2013, 07:03:36 PM
#6
I think it is too few bitcoin
and again, too few bitcoins Smiley

also,
when u buy, u buy bitcoin, no matter 1 or many,
but when u sell, that is always mistake Smiley
vip
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February 15, 2013, 04:19:25 PM
#5
Bitcoin is the name of the protocol and software. The currency is one bitcoin or many bitcoins in my humble non-native English writer opinion!
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February 15, 2013, 04:15:11 PM
#4
"much Bitcoin"; "many bitcoins"

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legendary
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February 15, 2013, 04:11:16 PM
#3
i would of thought the polls would be different...

i really don't think i like "Bitcoins" because in fact their not more then 1 bitcoin.. what are you saying when you say i have 100 bitcoin!  your saying you have a part of the whole. so its incorrect to say i have 100 bitcoins!

it sounds bad too!

 Cheesy
legendary
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February 15, 2013, 02:19:55 PM
#2
"Alot" isn't a word in English so I didn't pick that option  Tongue  Grin
legendary
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February 15, 2013, 02:14:48 PM
#1
this is a serious question  Tongue
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