I Luv You Jimmy Spud I Luv You Jimmy Spud I luv you Jimmy Spud is a play set in Newcastle upon Tyne by British playwright Lee Hall starring Gus Brown as Jimmy Spud and Michael Walpert as Stephen (Scout). Originally commissioned by BBC Radio 4, it was first broadcast in 1995. It initiated the God's Country tetralogy; the other plays in the sequence are, in order: "The Love Letters Of Ragie Patel" (1997), "The Sorrows Of Sandra Saint" (1997) and "Spoonface Steinberg" (1997). "I luv you Jimmy Spud" has been made into a 2001 film "Gabriel and Me" starring Iain Glen and Billy Connolly
Slang terms for money Slang terms for money Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a single language community some of the slang terms vary across social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata, but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language (e.g., "buck" for a dollar or similar currency in various nations including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria and the United States). The five-cent coin is sometimes referred to as "shrapnel", or “shrappers,”