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by humphrey on April 29th, 2007

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What is the origin of the saying "penny for your thoughts"? Does anyone know of a good site to look up the origins of sayings?

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  • by Morg the Army wife on April 29th, 2007

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    Here you go, scroll down to the bottom and there's a list of sites for explaining where sayings come from:

    http://home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/safari/megalist.htm

    If it's a penny for your thoughts why do you put your two cents in? :o)

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