Official : name our currency

[Shiber]

You've all gone bananas.
/me is struck by lightning again.
ENOUGH ALREADY!!

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Now why you shouldn't vote to WEAKEN Apolytonia:

Originally posted by Spiffor
- It's the most complete project today.

It is the LEAST complete, there have been NO prototypes OR test circulations. The Banana of Marque, while not necessarily a proposal for an Official Currency has already spread to TWO other forums OUTSIDE the Democracy Game and threatens to become the International and InterApolyton standard currency.

- It's a comprehensive and simple project, which will work perfectly with our optional "economy game" (see Captain's thread for details)

So does EVERYTHING else.

- "Lyton" is a catchy name , and it's the one we'll use almost all the time (except in the economy game)

"Lypton" is NOT a catchy name and has a foreign ominous sound to it, smacking of evil.

- The system is convenient, because common people won't be confused :

The Lipton system is NOT convenient, as no one has ever heard of a "Lipton Banana".

- We have to name our currency after all. I'd like to remind we have one for more than 200 years now...

And it should be allowed to evolve and adapt, not be jumped from an alley and murdered in the gutter by this Lyton Conspiracy.

[Spiffor]

I'd like to make a statement against obscurantism :
"Lyton" hasn't anything to do with "Lipton", or whatever barbaric names our zealots can come up with.
At the contrary, it's a name which goes along with our very Apolyton culture, and is unique to us.
Unlike bananas, which are known by the French, the Americans, and even the Persians (our benevolent Banana gave prosperity even to some inferior people, showing its greatness and glory).

Don't listen to the babbling of an old zealot who cannot understand wordly things like money ! Don't allow us to be economically backwards ! Vote Lyton now !
(or, more constructively, if you have any idea that you think is really better, please just say it in the debate thread. Thanks in advance)

[Donal Graeme]

As Future Minister of the Economy, I feel that having a good name for our currency is important. Thus, as long as no one comes up with a better name, I will vote yes.

[Spiffor]

I wonder who votes no. So far, there is a tie, and we've only seen Skywalker and GhengisFarb being explicitely opposed to the suggested names.
If you voted no, please tell so, and tell why : should this suggestion not pass, it ill help making a better one in the future.
Thanks

[Spiffor]

Also, I'd like to point out that GHengis' designs are not going to be ignorred, should Yes win. We're talking about the names of our currency here, and not the design.
I'm seriously pondering using his Bronze banana coin for the Apo coin (because of the parity : 1 Apo = 1 banana). Also, his "Eaglot" coin would be a fine drawing for the Apolytonian Iron coin. I'meagerly waiting for another quality work for the Gold coin

[rush]

Originally posted by civman2000
NO! Banana should be the currency!
Levels:
Banana (symbol b, as in 5b)
Bunch (=10b) (symbol B, as in 23B, 2b which is the same as 23.2B)
Tree (=100B) (symbol T, as in 2T, 75B, 1b, which is the same as 2.751T)

I like this ... It's "Banana Dollars" and is creative.

The vote is now a 12-12 tie. Wow ! Vote for NO.

[sween32]

So, let me get this straight. You are a jungle civilization, and your God is the Banana. First off, the word Lyton does not seem to be a phrase many jungle civs would learn to even pronounce, nor are currencies named after the country they are from. Second, no Godfearing people would pass around their God as currency.

Now, say you you use Gaupo, it could be pronounced "kwahpo". In order to name your currency, you have to think about what kind of cultures and pronounciations your people have. Or, you can take your first leader or an important founder, and put a spin on their name to make it sound more like a currency.

[Captain]

Banana is overused.

Continuing along those lines shows marked lack of creativity.

It also sounds stupid. Currency named after bananas seems transient and worthless. With banana names, I'd immediately trade it for pesos - or even Francs despite the fact we're about to crush that currency's country

[rendelnep]

well if bananas are overused why not use mangoes instead?

[HAND]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb


Close enough!

lol

[Schee]

What ??? 16-21 ???

People votes no and they don't even propose something better ! (apart from Guapo (reminds me "guano") and Bananas)

There are too much bananas in our country

I wonder if I won't set up a commando charged to destroy all bananas plantations in Apolytonia to liberate it from the growing influence of the cultivators...

[edit] in case you're wondering, I voted yes [/edit]

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Schee
What ??? 16-21 ???

People votes no and they don't even propose something better ! (apart from Guapo (reminds me "guano") and Bananas)

Did you read any of the postings? People have proposed several other suggestions including Eaglot (the second post in the thread), and that's just on this thread. There are more suggestions in the original thread.

[Schee]

Sorry, in the post where "Eaglot" is mentionned, I especially saw Bana, Nana, Banana note, Uber and I didn't think there could be a good thing in it... but anyway Eaglot isn't very imaginative

[GodKing]

Voted no because it is using the 10 decimal instead of something more original and easier to use, for example the one I proposed on the discussion thread.

I have no real preferences on the name of the units however.