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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Money Slang #85056 10/29/02 11:43 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Hi, wonnderboy, and welcome aBoard. "Penny" has been in Englsih usage as the basic coin for a very long time indeed - long before we started to colonise the New World. My guess is that the word came over with the colonists and became stuck in the language. The other possibility is that it has evolved from the German "pfennig" (it has a common root with penny) but I think the first is the most likely Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Money Slang WonderBoy 10/29/02 09:50 AM Re: Money Slang Wordwind 10/29/02 09:55 AM Re: ha'penny Buffalo Shrdlu 10/29/02 12:24 PM Re: ha'penny Wordwind 10/29/02 12:30 PM Re: ha'penny RhubarbCommando 10/29/02 12:41 PM Re: ha'penny wwh 10/29/02 01:38 PM Re: ha'penny doc_comfort 10/29/02 11:23 PM Ape knees Fiberbabe 10/29/02 11:54 PM Re: Ape knees RhubarbCommando 11/02/02 03:18 PM Re: Money Slang Faldage 10/29/02 10:45 AM Re: Money Slang RhubarbCommando 10/29/02 11:43 AM Re: Money Slang of troy 10/29/02 11:56 AM Re: Money Slang RhubarbCommando 10/29/02 12:02 PM Re: Money Slang Bean 10/29/02 12:03 PM Re: Money Slang RhubarbCommando 10/29/02 12:11 PM Re: "pfennig" Wordwind 10/29/02 12:32 PM Re: Money Slang Sparteye 10/29/02 05:11 PM Re: Wayback Machine Faldage 10/30/02 12:35 AM Re: Wayback Machine Bean 10/30/02 11:08 AM 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 Posts229,991 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,230 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,956 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,954 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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