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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Black Penny #41868 10/11/01 10:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Speaking of the alteration of expressions, around here, the phrase is usually "turn up like a bad penny." I always wondered at the origin of the expression, and now I'm speculating that it is an ironical alteration of the black penny reference. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Black Penny maverick 09/16/01 04:54 PM Re: Black Penny wwh 09/16/01 05:10 PM Re: Black Penny Jackie 09/16/01 05:23 PM Re: Black Penny wwh 09/16/01 10:06 PM Re: Black Penny Bingley 09/17/01 04:29 AM Re: Black Penny maverick 09/17/01 11:42 AM Re: Black Penny wwh 09/17/01 01:55 PM Re: Black Penny TEd Remington 09/17/01 04:12 PM Re: Black Penny tsuwm 09/17/01 05:04 PM Re: Black Penny maverick 09/17/01 05:19 PM Re: Black Penny tsuwm 09/17/01 05:39 PM Post deleted by musick musick 09/17/01 07:48 PM Re: Black Penny belMarduk 09/17/01 09:11 PM Re: Black Penny Jackie 09/18/01 01:38 AM Re: Black Penny consuelo 09/18/01 01:44 AM Re: Black Penny maverick 09/18/01 08:37 AM Re: Red Cents Faldage 09/18/01 11:38 AM Re: Black Penny TEd Remington 09/18/01 04:47 PM Re: Black Penny & Coppers wow 09/18/01 10:31 PM Re: Black Penny & Coppers rodward 09/21/01 11:58 AM 'euronating'. TEd Remington 09/21/01 02:29 PM Re: Black Penny Capital Kiwi 09/21/01 08:03 PM Re: Black Penny Sparteye 10/11/01 10:17 PM Bad penny TEd Remington 10/13/01 02:02 PM Re: Bad penny TEd Remington 10/13/01 02:04 PM Re: Bad penny Keiva 10/13/01 02:14 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,946 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 826 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,929 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,949 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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