The Bank has been accused of “dumbing down” after choosing to remove punctuation from a quote by Sir Winston Churchill printed on its new £5 notes. In its concept image for the new polymer £5 notes the Bank correctly included double quotation marks around the former prime minister’s famous saying: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” However, it has emerged that it quietly dropped them from the final design, something it is understood has attracted complaints from keen-eyed members of the public.
新5英镑钞票上印有一句丘吉尔的名言,英格兰银行去掉了其中的标点符号,这一做法被指责“肤浅”。新版5英镑钞票采用塑料材质。初期的设计稿上还严谨地以双引号引用了丘吉尔的名言:“我没有别的东西奉献,唯有辛劳、泪水和血汗。”然而,最终英格兰银行悄然去掉了双引号,引起了眼尖群众的不满。