Writing without compromise

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: Writing without compromise
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6660] Writing without compromise
Date: 8/11/00 11:00 pm  (ET)

> My two thousand Galleons--
> Ebony AKA AngieJ (who always tells her students that their opinions
are much more valuable that two cents)

Does anyone know how the phrase 'two cents worth' originated (a Brit on
another list said 'my tuppence worth'). Could it have been the price of
a stamp with which to write a Letter to the Editor?