Posted on 05/28/2018 12:24:30 PM PDT by sodpoodle
Good advice was a nickel? So your two cents’ worth was a modesty devaluation??
Oops! I should have proofread.Still, the stench of Kerry will remain long after he’s gone.
From 1885 to 1928 it cost 2 cents to mail a first class letter... which is the way that you would send a letter to the editor. Your opinion cost you two cents to express it.
And lest you think that your 2 cents is a trifle... adjusting for inflation that 1928 2 cents is currently worth $2.85
Actually, both forms seem to have been used. Back in my day, in the various places I went in the 1940s (New York and Massachusetts), it was “In a while.” I suspect that was the earlier wording.
Sorry, I meant to post a source I looked up:
https://www.quora.com/How-did-the-phrase-See-you-later-alligator-In-a-while-crocodile-originate
Well you’ve got me by several years so I’ll defer- I heard the phrase in the late 50s when I was yet a mere chile
Doesn’t this same thing get posted at least once a year by someone here...?
But, it’s fun to read again anyway...
Yes. And I believe the character was voiced by Daws Butler of Cowardly Lion (Wizard Of Oz) fame.
That is so weird...I was singing that song on one of my long walks on Sunday night. How serendipitously creepy...*Twilight Zone theme*
I don’t think so but I doubt it.
adjusting for inflation that 1928 2 cents is currently worth $2.85
That one is a little less clear. My understanding is that it goes back to the Bible where the widow put her two cents into the offering. To her, the two cents was the world. This the expression meant that someone was giving an opinion that most saw as worthless—but that the person was “fully invested” in.
Even if it’s not the case, there is a good lesson there for any manager.
Reminded me of the Staler Brothers and “Do You Remember These”....
A lot of American idiom does have roots in the Bible but I doubt that the Bible is the origin of this particular expression, despite wikipedia’s theory.
“Two cent’s worth” means sharing your opinion. The parable of the widow’s mite deals with a charitable temple offering, not her opinion.
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