On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 20:27, Martin Stricker wrote: > > > > Most likely the result of inflation hitting the time honored > > American expression: "a penny for your thoughts". > > But then, the USA have cents, not pennies. So that expression is likely > to be originated in England/Britain... ;-)
Actually, the name of the coin itself (in the US) is a "penny". When refered to as a fraction of a dollar, it's called a "cent". Jeffrey H. Ingber (jhingber _at_ ix.netcom.com) > > Best regards, > Martin Stricker > -- > Homepage: http://www.martin-stricker.de/ > Registered Linux user #210635: http://counter.li.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
