Hi,

I've seen people when giving advice saying:

"Just my two cents"

or something like that ..

Does anybody know what does that stand for and where did it come from?

Thanks :)

Maybe it's an upgraded version of "A penny for your thoughts." :D

It's basically a British / American way of saying my opinion (British say 2pence / Americans say 2cents)

We're a bit more generous in Australia, it's 2 bob here :)


Lats...

Sorry Lats, I should have included our good friends down under in my original reply too... :rolleyes: ;)

No problem, I understand you were just putting in your 2 pence :D


Lats...

Originally posted by ahmadhash
Does anybody know what does that stand for and where did it come from?

When people died, it used to be common to put two copper coins over their eyes. ;)

We're a bit more generous in Australia, it's 2 bob here


Hehehehehehe, I'm gonna start saying "just my 2 bob's". That sounds silly :)

Originally posted by DjPaj



Hehehehehehe, I'm gonna start saying "just my 2 bob's". That sounds silly :)

If you do that they'll think you're talking about your nuts. :cartman:

ROFL!!! :laugh: :laugh:

I'd have to write a book before I could say "Just my 2 nuts"!

Originally posted by Skeptical


If you do that they'll think you're talking about your nuts. :cartman:

Ahahahahahahahaha, even sillier!!!!

x: "So here's my new design, at www.blahblahblah.com, how's it look?"

DjPaj: "Well your colors suck and your graphics are terrible, but don't get mad, I'm not flamming, it's just my two nuts"

HEhehehehehehe.

From the "Phrases with Origins" website:


"Put my two cents in" originates from the older "put my two bits in" and has its origin in the game of poker. When playing poker you have to make a small bet before the cards are dealt called an "ante" to begin play in that hand.
This phrase draws an analogy to the poker ante (two bits) and gains your entry into the conversation.


-t

Originally posted by thewitt
From the "Phrases with Origins" website:I wonder, really, how accurate that is.

Not that I know that it isn't. But I also did a search earlier, and that was the most common result found. But in every case, it was almost word-for-word identical to this one... which might imply only that the question comes up a lot, people search the web for an answer, find that answer and repeat it, nearly verbatim. After all, here it is again ready to be picked up by Google -- with no more reason to assume it's the truth than "I saw it on a website, so it must be true!"

I don't know how many of you play poker, but there are a couple of things that strike me odd: first the idea that there is a "standard ante," and secondly that it would have been "two bits," or 25 cents as long ago as the phrase must have been popularized. After all, when then did the phrase "penny-ante" come into being? The 13th century?

Two bits, 25 cents, was a fair amount of money a hundred years ago as pocket change goes. It's a whole different thing from two cents, almost meaningless money, today.

Another explanation I found on the web claimed that "two cents" was, in the late 1800's, commonly thought of as meaning very cheap -- an example: a cheap cigar was a "two-center." So "my two cents" meant "my opinion, for the little it's worth..."

Which, if either, is accurate? No idea. But at least the second one doesn't beg the question of how and when the conversion from "two bits" to "two cents" came about -- and why a similar conversion didn't occur in that little jingle, "shave and a haircut... two bits!"

That's intersting ..

Thanks for the info :)

I wonder how would "Just my two fils" sound ..
The problem is that we don't deal with such a small amount of money because the smallest used coin today in Kuwait is 5 fils :)