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0 pointstfgg9y ago0 comments

If it meant that, I'd expect it to be:

"The pound won’t be around for much longer"

so the original sentence is sort of a pun. Maybe "around" is a local use of English.

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chrismorgan9y ago

Just like “until” is commonly shortened “till”, “around” is commonly shortened as “round”.

callumlocke9y ago

I know this doesn't affect your point, but it's interesting: "till" is older than "until".

http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=until

philh9y ago

Thanks to the "you see what you expect to see" effect, it took me until someone pointed out the pun before I realized the word was "round" and not "around".

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