British nicknames "Sixpence" and "Tuppence"

[Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus]

@hajario

Pandora’s Box would be a cool name for a lingerie store.
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Or some sort of lounge or night club. Come to think of it, wasn’t there a club of that name on the Sunset Strip in the 1960s, whose closure precipitated rioting?

[chowder]

@TWDuke

Sure we do. We also have bucks and Benjamins, regardless of whether or not the names are enshrined in statutes.

Penny Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

God, I hope we get rid of pennies in my lifetime. How I hate them.

Well at one time we had tanners, joeys, bars and bobs and we still have quids.

We never named any of our currency after American money.

So why do you name yours after ours?

[WotNot]

@chowder

We never named any of our currency after American money.

Except when we had the Crown, which was nicknamed a “dollar”.

[chowder]

@WotNot

Except when we had the Crown, which was nicknamed a “dollar”.

Well if you wanna nitpick…two and a tanner was nicknamed half a dollar and I don’t recall crowns being in general circulation in my lifetime, I’m 66 BTW

But that’s all it was, a nickname or slang, Americans OTOH call their cents pennies…the cheek of it all

[guizot]

@Spectre of Pithecanthropus

Or some sort of lounge or night club. Come to think of it, wasn’t there a club of that name on the Sunset Strip in the 1960s, whose closure precipitated rioting?

Yes, I read about that somewhere. Apparently, a lot of scruffy kids were frequenting clubs on the Strip, which previously had mostly dinner clubs for a more “mature” clientèle, who started to complain. So the cops starting cracking down on (underage) kids going to clubs, and a small riot erupted. So of course they went for a place called “Pandora’s Box.” Now, of course, the Strip is back to its ritzy self, and all the scruffy kids go to Silver Lake.

But I think it’s an excellent name for a lingerie store.

[Acsenray]

@chowder

So why do you name yours after ours?

Maybe because at the beginning, an American penny was an English penny. The coin has always been called a penny, though it represents a denomination of one cent.

Similarly, the American dollar was originally the Spanish dollar, I believe.

[chowder]

[QUOTE=acsenray]
Maybe because at the beginning, an American penny was an English penny. The coin has always been called a penny, though it represents a denomination of one cent.
::Thinks to self:: Or maybe those ex-colonials secretly wish they were back in the British fold.

Cuz our paper dosh is ever so pretty

[The_Them]

**chowder…**it’s so true. Please take us back!

[lynne-42]

@GuanoLad

In my family, our parents all gave us silly nicknames when we were kids. My younger sister’s was “tuppence ha’penny” which is just a way to indicate that she was the smaller of the two girls, because it’s a small amount of money.

I was known as Tuppence as a young child. I was very small for my age. It seemed to be an accepted and affectionate nickname for someone who was very small.

[CalMeacham]

Mark Twain took a tour through Europe and wrote a book about it called The Innocents Abroad. Actually, I think that the book was a compilation of a series of newspaper articles. One of the running jokes was that in every country he visited he called his tour guide Ferguson.

Back in the 80s Nebraska Public Television did Five Mark Twain adaptations that were really ngood. One that they adapted was “The Innocents Abroad”, and one of the interesting casting choices was that ALL of the guides were not only called “Ferguson”, but they were also all played by the same actor (with differreent makeup, and accents)

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

[QUOTE=chowder]

@acsenray

Maybe because at the beginning, an American penny was an English penny. The coin has always been called a penny, though it represents a denomination of one cent.
::Thinks to self:: Or maybe those ex-colonials secretly wish they were back in the British fold.

Cuz our paper dosh is ever so pretty

EX Colonials? I take offence, I am still loyal to the Crown…and I’m of Irish descent!