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How many legs does a cat have if you call the tail a leg?
Four, calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg. Calling a cent a penny does not make it a penny. It's still a cent.
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Thanks to all for your thoughts.
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Penny wise dollar foolish. I'm rethinking the dollar foolish part ...
May 30, 2012 - Growing up my Mom always said I was "penny wise and dollar foolish." Mom thought I was good at finding a bargain and watching my pennies, but when it came to spending dollars I could make better choices. The other day it occurred to me that Mom has it wrong. I'm penny wise, so I can be dollar foolish. |
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Mom is almost always right, T-Bop. Please be sure to enjoy as much time as you are able with your mom.
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Sure wish I knew how to find old posts here. That one that mentioned all the songs that use Penny in them.
Ever wonder why a Nickel doesn't have Nickel on it? Why a Dime doesn't have 10 Cents on it? Why a Quarter doesn't have 25 Cents on it or 25 Pennies. And a Half Dollar should really say 50 Cents not Half Dollar. I wonder why Dollar bills don't have 100 Pennies on them.
Is it Chevy or Chevrolet? Is it T-Bird or Thunderbird? Is it Car or Auto?
Some call it a spear and some call it an arrow. Anyone remember that commercial?
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My 2 pennies: SAP's response is spot on. Reading the various acts, especially the Congressional minutes, show how deeply rooted the slang terms are (were) amongst the congressmen.
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Whatever you call them, they should go away. The continuation of pennies/cents as U.S. coinage makes no....sense.
Personally, I call them cents but I don't really care one way or the other. Good info, thoughts and dialog here.
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The technical numismatic term is cent. However, penny is perfectly acceptable. As long as everyone knows what you're talking about, who really cares.  I use both depending on the situation and company. I do appreciate the history behind the terms, though. If I am remembering correctly, "two bits" originates with the 8 reales in that a "quarter" could actually be two physical bits, or pieces, of the coin (piece of 8). Also, consider the origins of the words. "Penny" is of Germanic origin (penni, pfennig). The British didn't invent it. "Cent" is of Latin origin based on being 1/100th. Similar terms of Latin origin: centavo, centime, centimo. "Dollar" is also of Germanic origin, i.e. "Thaler". "Disme" has its origins in Old French which comes by way of Latin for 1/10th, or decimus. "Dime" is simply a shortened version. I'm sure most here know all of this, but I find word origin very interesting. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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04/19/2018 11:58 pm
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I'm sure most here know all of this, but I find word origin very interesting. I'm with you, spruett. Etymology is fascinating. Edited by CelticKnot
04/20/2018 12:39 am
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Saying "One Cent" is what the coin collectors should do.
Those who call it a penny are just normal people who don't collect coins.
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Whatever you call them, they should go away. The continuation of pennies/cents as U.S. coinage makes no....sense. This.  |
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Saying "One Cent" is what the coin collectors should do.
Those who call it a penny are just normal people who don't collect coins. There are a lot of coin collectors who call them pennies just for the fact that it is easier to say , and because when we were all young children we called them pennies NOT cents . It's only when we got older and started collecting coins did the Numismatics Gods high on their Thrones demanded that we should now have to call them Cents.  |
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and because when we were all young children we called them pennies NOT cents . That's true I did, then I grew up. |
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I got punched once when I asked a collector why he had no cents.  |
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I got punched once when I asked a collector why he had no cents.  |
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