# Mind your Ps and Qs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 10, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-your-ps-and-qs/383538 "2006-12-10T04:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandyP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RandyP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandyP)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-your-ps-and-qs/383538/1 "2006-12-10T04:48:09Z")
Another expanation comes also from old British pubs. The phrase "mind your p’s and q’s suggested the barkeep keep an eye on his pence (pennies) and quids in the till. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-your-ps-and-qs/383538/2 "2006-12-10T14:23:50Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, Randy. A link to the column you’re commenting on is appreciated. Providing one can be as simple as pasting the URL into your post, making sure to leave a blank space on either side of it. Like so: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_264.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_264.html) You may be interested in another recent thread on the same subject of Ps and Qs: [Minding your Ps and Qs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398482) ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-your-ps-and-qs/383538/3 "2006-12-10T15:13:55Z")
What about the shillings? Thius one’s highly improbable.