Squibs / Pronunciations of lots of words

[Goddlefrood]

> Goddlefrood wrote in
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/33112>:
> 
> << you might care to know that the eqivalent of "my two cents" 
> would be a small two penn'orth. Just a small two penn'orth. >>

> Catlady:

> My recollection of happy old days on the mail list is that 
> different people (presumably from different parts of Britain) 
> had different sign-offs:

> Just my 2p worth
> just my tuppence worth
> just my two-penn'orth

Goddlefrood:

I did a quick search of main and it seems the latter was used by 
self, but no other poster, a total of 6 times in slightly differing 
variants. The other two usages would also be valid. It depends 
where in the benighted isles one is from. The first one is the 
decimalised format, for what it's worth.

> Catlady:
 
> Otherwise, in which country did it start and then spread to the 
> other? And what did it mean? I don't know how to research my 
> theory that it started as price of a postage stamp, referring 
> to someone writing a letter to say their tuppence worth, because 
> in-person, by letter, or publishing printed matter, were the only 
> means to have one's say.

Goddlefrood:

It had never previously occurred to me why this phrase came about. 
However, I did a quick google search and came up nothing at all.

It does seem that it merely relates to something of no real value, 
whether it has anything to do with the postal service is possible, 
although letters were always sent by size rather than length. A 
single sheet of paper, whether covered in writing or containing 
only a few words, would cost the same to send.

It's an interesting idea though.

Goddlefrood, saying le-oh-tard and bern-ud.